Incident date: 2021-03-08
NAICS industry code: 424470

On March 8, 2021, an employee was adjusting the alignment of a hot dog line machine. When he moved a loader so the hot dogs could drop into a square cup, the loader pinched his right ring finger. He suffered an amputation to the finger without bone loss.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
code_source: title: Packaging, bottling, wrapping machinery, unspecified
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high