Incident date: 2019-05-06
NAICS industry code: 212399

An employee was adding a pad to the pusher in order to square up the boards on a running bundler machine. The employee's right index finger was caught between a lug and the guard around the chain and was partially amputated.

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