Incident date: 2018-06-06
NAICS industry code: 326112

A temporary employee was working at an extruder shear when a plastic sheet became jammed. As the employee attempted to remove it, the employee's thumb became caught in the equipment, amputating the tip between the first joint knuckle and the nailbed. The shear was guarded at the time.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
code_source: title: Extruding machinery
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high