Incident date: 2018-10-02
NAICS industry code: 112120

An employee was checking a can filling line lid infeed. The lid feed actuator tripped and the feed mechanism started, amputating the tip/side of his right thumb. The guard had been removed at the time of the incident.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Bottling, canning, filling machinery
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high