Incident date: 2020-09-18
NAICS industry code: 325998

An employee was cleaning an encapsulation machine when her left index finger got caught between two segments of the machine and was amputated.

An employee was working on a granulator machine to align the hopper when his right middle finger got caught between the hopper and the base of the machine resulting in a fingertip amputation.

Note to user: This record contains two separate events that were reported simultaneously to OSHA by the employer.  These events are captured as one report.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
code_source: title: Special process machinery, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: low