Incident date: 2019-01-02
NAICS industry code: 311230

An employee was attempting to unjam a piece of cereal packing equipment when the equipment cycled and crushed the employee's right index fingertip, resulting in a fingertip amputation. The machine was guarded at the time of the incident.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
code_source: title: Packaging, bottling, wrapping machinery, unspecified
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high