Incident date: 2015-07-23
NAICS industry code: 311615

An employee's left hand reached into a tape machine to retrieve tape. His right hand was on the machine guard at the time. His right-hand index finger got caught in the rotating chain, and the top portion of the finger was amputated.

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