Incident date: 2023-06-08
NAICS industry code: 511110

An employee was working at an inserting machine that places inserts into newspapers. The employee was correcting a jam by removing material from the gripper when the machine restarted. The employee suffered an amputation of their left index fingertip.

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