Incident date: 2023-11-04
NAICS industry code: 491110

An employee was clearing a jam on a postal sorting machine. The employee was putting a rubber band on a roller when the machine amputated their fingertip, resulting in hospitalization and surgery.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
code_source: title: Material and personnel handling machinery, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high