Incident date: 2019-03-26
NAICS industry code: 311824

An employee was operating a packaging machine when a package bag became misaligned in the machine. As he tried to fix the position of the bag, his left hand was caught by the sealer/cutter of the machine, resulting in the amputation of three fingertips.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
code_source: title: Packaging, wrapping, bundling machinery
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high