Incident date: 2021-05-18
NAICS industry code: 323113

An employee was unjamming caps of deodorant sticks from an unscrambler machine when their right ring finger became pinched between the orienting disc and the timing belt of the machine, resulting in an amputation of the tip of the right ring finger.

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