Incident date: 2017-09-18
NAICS industry code: 326140

An employee was using a press to seal a plastic bag around a pillow when the press' heat sealer compression bar amputated the employee's left first fingertip.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
code_source: title: Sealing, stapling machinery
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high