Incident date: 2024-04-16
NAICS industry code: 312111

An employee was operating a bottle labeling machine when ink spilled inside the machine. As the employee tried to clean it up using a rag, the rag was caught on a gear and her right hand was pulled into the machine, resulting in amputation of the right pinky finger.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by running powered equipment  during maintenance, cleaning, testing
code_source: title: Product labeling machinery
code_nature: title: Amputations involving bone loss
code_body: title: Other finger(s)  n.e.c.
severity: high