Incident date: 2015-09-09
NAICS industry code: 311812

An employee attempted to adjust the air pressure on the UBE machine while working on the packaging line. The employee's finger got caught in a chain and sprocket that was attached to the machine, amputating the right index fingertip.

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