Incident date: 2023-02-02
NAICS industry code: 311920

An employee was clearing a jam on a packing machine when her left hand contacted the sealing jaws, resulting in an amputation of the middle fingertip and an avulsion of the ring fingernail.

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