Incident date: 2020-08-11
NAICS industry code: 562920

An employee had climbed a 6-foot A-frame ladder that was leaned up against a baler machine and was going to use pressurized air to clear debris off the electronic eye. The baler activated and the blade swept, amputating a portion of the employee s left index finger.

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), unspecified
severity: high