Incident date: 2017-12-01
NAICS industry code: 326199

An employee was conducting mechanical maintenance on a flexible packing machine when packaging plastic became intertwined and was not sealing/cutting correctly. His right hand contacted the machine's cutting shears, amputating his right index fingertip. The machine was not properly guarded or locked/tagged out at the time.

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