Incident date: 2018-11-10
NAICS industry code: 322223

An employee was operating an automated bagger. The bagger cycled and the seal bar pinched the employee's right index finger, causing an amputation. The machine was guarded at the time of the incident.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
code_source: title: Packaging, wrapping, bundling machinery
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
severity: high