Incident date: 2018-04-19
NAICS industry code: 327213

An employee was retrieving a tool that was dropped into the container former machine when the baffle arm on the machine struck the employee's elbow forcing the employee's right hand into the machine where it was trapped under a baffle. The employee's right ring finger was amputated just above the knuckle.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
code_source: title: Extruding, injecting, forming, molding machinery, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high