Incident date: 2015-08-28
NAICS industry code: 331491

On August 28, 2015, at approximately 6:45pm, while performing maintenance on a machine, another employee activated the machine after receiving verbal confirmation from the mechanic to go ahead. The maintenance mechanic suffered the amputation of his left thumb after it was pinched between a table and material near the entry end of the cap line.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Tables, worktables
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high