Incident date: 2022-07-30
NAICS industry code: 561910

An employee was troubleshooting a bundler machine's sealing bar, which was jammed in the forward, engaged position. The bar fell back into the neutral position and struck the employee's left middle finger causing an amputation.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
code_source: title: Packaging, wrapping, bundling machinery
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
severity: high