Incident date: 2023-08-07
NAICS industry code: 326199

An employe was removing scraps from the extrusion line. His right-hand fingers were caught between the plastic and the clamp of the machine, causing injuries that required medical amputation.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery, unspecified
code_source: title: Extruding, injecting, forming, molding machinery, unspecified
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
severity: high