Incident date: 2024-12-19
NAICS industry code: 311320

An employee was pushing a bag that was stuck in the bag sealing machine when their right thumb became caught in one of the back wheels, resulting in an amputation of the thumb tip.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by running powered equipment  during maintenance, cleaning, testing
code_source: title: Packaging, bottling, wrapping machinery  unspecified
code_nature: title: Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
code_body: title: Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
severity: high