Incident date: 2016-08-25
NAICS industry code: 311999

An employee was removing a stuck pouch from a machine and their left hand was caught in the chain and sprocket assembly resulting in amputation of four fingers.

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