Incident date: 2022-03-04
NAICS industry code: 322121

An employee was using a gluer machine to make boxes. As the employee tried to clear away scrap material that might prevent its door from closing, the machine lacerated and crushed the employee's right hand. The employee underwent a medical amputation that removed the fingernail and ground the bone down.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
code_source: title: Special process machinery, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
severity: high