Incident date: 2018-03-06
NAICS industry code: 311612

An employee was trying to wind up plastic on a packaging machine when the employee's right hand was caught in an 18-inch sprocket, resulting in a right index finger amputation.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
code_source: title: Packaging, wrapping, bundling machinery
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high