Incident date: 2015-10-13
NAICS industry code: 424210

An employee was cleaning the powder filler machine. In the process, a conveyor belt pulled in the cloth she was using to wipe down the machine and the tip of her middle right hand finger was amputated. The machine was not locked out at the time of the incident.

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