Incident date: 2017-08-16
NAICS industry code: 311941

An employee was attempting to remove a plastic jam in a tamper bander when the cutter activated and amputated the employee's right index fingertip. The machine was guarded at the time.

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