Incident date: 2016-10-04
NAICS industry code: 115114

An employee was attempting to fix the gusset of a bag on a bagging machine when the machine closed on his fingers, amputating his right middle fingertip and lacerating his right index fingertip. The guard was in place at the time.

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