Incident date: 2022-06-16
NAICS industry code: 488991

A safety guard was knocked off a wrapping machine. An employee tried to put the guard back and their glove was caught in a chain and sprocket. The tip of their right thumb was severed and required surgical amputation above the knuckle. The machine was running at the time of the incident.

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