Incident date: 2024-01-16
NAICS industry code: 323111

An employee was setting up a bagger machine. The employee noticed something was off where the glue application takes place. They opened the hinged cover and went to unjam or remove glue residue on a stationary piece of the machine when their left ring finger was caught between a rotating blade and the ink tray, resulting in a fingertip amputation. The machine was in operation at the time of the incident.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by running powered equipment  during maintenance, cleaning, testing
code_source: title: Packaging, bottling, wrapping machinery  unspecified
code_nature: title: Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
code_body: title: Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
severity: high