Incident date: 2016-07-27
NAICS industry code: 322219

An employee was attempting to help repair a bag machine that was down. When he used a jog button to energize the machine, the cutting blade partially amputated his right middle finger at the first joint. 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: Paper production machinery, unspecified
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high