Incident date: 2015-09-25
NAICS industry code: 511140

An employee was adjusting machinery to resize envelopes when his thumb got caught and amputated between the collator and the collator wheel. The machine was unguarded at the time.

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