Incident date: 2017-01-04
NAICS industry code: 322215

An employee was threading bale wire through a paper scrap baler when the baler was activated. The employee's index fingertip was amputated.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
code_source: title: Banding, baling, strapping machinery
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high