Incident date: 2023-02-16
NAICS industry code: 311615

On February 16, 2023, at approximately 6:35 p.m., an employee was working with boxes. A box passed them and the scanner printer arm with the label did not come off as it should have. The employee was attempting to remove the label from the arm when their left index finger was caught between the arm and the printer, resulting in a fingertip amputation.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery, unspecified
code_source: title: Product labeling machinery
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high