Incident date: 2024-08-09
NAICS industry code: 333993

An employee was pushing mailers when the arm/knife of a picking counter machine caught their hand. The employee suffered the amputation of their right middle finger above the knuckle. The machine was not sufficiently guarded.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught, entangled in running powered equipment  normal operation
code_source: title: Packaging, bottling, wrapping machinery  unspecified
code_nature: title: Amputations involving bone loss
code_body: title: Other finger(s)  n.e.c.
severity: high