Incident date: 2016-09-13
NAICS industry code: 32599

An employee was cleaning the filling machine and emptying it of liquid. She then attempted to see if there was any remaining liquid. Her left index finger was inside a quarter-sized hole where a piston was when the machine activated, causing the piston to move and amputate approximately 1/8" of her left index fingertip. The machine's air source was connected at the time of the incident.

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