Incident date: 2017-10-10
NAICS industry code: 311612

An employee was attempting to determine if a packing machine's heat plate was warm when the employee's right hand was crushed between seal plates, amputating the ring fingertip. The machine was not locked out at the time of the incident.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Sealing, stapling machinery
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high