Incident date: 2016-04-02
NAICS industry code: 424440

An employee was laying on her back while installing a chain on the sprocket of an egg packer. While she was jogging the machine, her towel became caught. When she attempted to grab the towel, her right middle fingertip was amputated.

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