Incident date: 2022-02-01
NAICS industry code: 493110

An employee and a co-worker were working to pack up pallets on pallet banding equipment. The co-worker was holding the strap as the employee was utilizing a clamp. The employee's right thumb was caught in a pinch point on the clamp, resulting in amputation.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Contact with objects and equipment, unspecified
code_source: title: Clamps, couplings
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high