Incident date: 2017-04-03
NAICS industry code: 326199

On April 3, 2017, an employee was adjusting a roll of plastic material being fed into a thermoforming machine while standing on a small metal grated platform. The employee stumbled and the employee's hand was caught in a pinch point where the machine chain drew the material in, resulting in amputation of the right middle fingertip.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
code_source: title: Extruding, injecting, forming, molding machinery, unspecified
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high