Incident date: 2015-06-17
NAICS industry code: 311421

An employee was troubleshooting the operation of a canning labeler.  He removed a guard to clean the belt and pulley power transmission system and the machine unexpectedly started, amputating the employee's index finger in the power transmission system.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
code_source: title: Product labeling machinery
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high