Incident date: 2016-12-29
NAICS industry code: 311941

An employee was operating an LPM machine to seal small mustard packages. A mustard package jammed up the LPN machine and when the employee tried to pull the mustard package out, part of her left index finger was removed. The machine was guarded at the time.

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: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
severity: high