Incident date: 2015-05-04
NAICS industry code: 423930

On May 4, 2015, an employee was cleaning the strapper on the bailer unit.  The employee suffered a fracture and partial amputation of the right index finger after his finger was pulled into the pinch point between the two pinch wheels of the machine.

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