Incident date: 2017-09-13
NAICS industry code: 424990

A temporary employee was using a packing machine to wrap a part in plastic sheeting. The plastic sheeting balled up inside the machine. The employee attempted to dislodge the blockage and amputated his right middle fingertip.

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