Incident date: 2022-08-08
NAICS industry code: 332999

On August 8, 2022, an employee was working on an automatic palletizer. A pallet got stuck on the roller; as the employee tried to free it with a pry bar, his right middle finger was caught between the pry bar and the roller. The fingertip was amputated.

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