Incident date: 2016-01-07
NAICS industry code: 311823

While attempting to clean a caser machine at Nissin Foods, an employee's thumb got caught in the conveyor drive chain and sprocket. The employee's left thumb was partially amputated. The machine was not locked/tagged out at the time of the incident.

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