Incident date: 2016-11-21
NAICS industry code: 311711

An employee was removing excess tuna from the rear of a filler machine when her right hand became caught in the star wheel (carries empty cans to the filler machine). Her middle and index fingers were amputated, and her right hand suffered multiple fractures.

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