Incident date: 2021-03-08
NAICS industry code: 325998

An employee was operating a valve seater machine on an aerosol production line when the machine malfunctioned. While unjamming the machine, the employee's hand was caught on a belt which pulled her fingers into the machine and amputated her index finger below the first knuckle.

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), n.e.c.
severity: high