Incident date: 2023-06-16
NAICS industry code: 325211

An employee was working on a plastics handling machine trying to clear a clog on the nitrogen line. The grinding gears of the machine caught the employee's hand, causing an amputation of his left index finger at the first knuckle.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
code_source: title: Machinery, unspecified
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high