Incident date: 2015-06-25
NAICS industry code: 339942

An employee amputated a fingertip while operating a filling machine. The employee was operating the tube filler machine to fill empty tubes with paint. The machine's trimming blade jammed. The employee tried to clear the jam and while a finger was in the nip point, the machine cycled, amputating the tip of his finger.

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