Incident date: 2017-06-01
NAICS industry code: 311612

An employee was attempting to feed film through a jammed sealing machine when it closed on and lacerated his left middle fingertip. His fingertip had to be medically amputated. The machine was guarded and not locked out at the time of the incident.

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