Incident date: 2018-12-03
NAICS industry code: 336399

An employee had blocked the presser to remove a jam from the gasket machine. After starting the machine the employee realized the safety block needed to be removed. When the employee tried to remove the block, the machine completed its cycle and caused the partial amputation of a finger.

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), unspecified
severity: high