Incident date: 2023-04-13
NAICS industry code: 333319

An employee was adjusting the door on a baler using a crane when his finger was caught between the paper dog and the interior of the door as he lowered it into place. The employee sustained an amputation to the left middle finger from the tip to the knuckle.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Banding, baling, strapping machinery
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high