Incident date: 2021-07-16
NAICS industry code: 423930

An employee was shredding plastic material when their middle finger was pulled into the shredder, resulting in amputation.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
code_source: title: Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high