Incident date: 2020-07-14
NAICS industry code: 424470

On July 14, 2020, an employee was operating a machine that wraps plastic film over seafood trays when the plastic film became jammed. As he attempted to pull out the plastic from the back side of the machine with his right hand, the machine's blade amputated his right middle fingertip.

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