Incident date: 2023-10-02
NAICS industry code: 326199

On October 2, 2023, a temporary employee was working to unjam production material from a transition section of a conveyor that was part of an extrusion production line. The employee was injured by the jammed production material and the steel guides resulting in an amputation to the right thumb.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
code_source: title: Extruding machinery
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
severity: high