Incident date: 2021-03-16
NAICS industry code: 333413

An employee was cleaning a serrated cutting edge in a taping machine through a 3-inch by 3-inch opening. The cutting edge activated and caused an avulsion injury resulting in surgical amputation of their left thumb tip.

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