Incident date: 2017-02-22
NAICS industry code: 311991

An employee was running a food packaging machine when it jammed with packaging material. When the employee went to clear the machine, her right middle finger was pinched and partially amputated by the heat sealing jaws. The machine was guarded at the time.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
code_source: title: Sealing, stapling machinery
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
severity: high