Incident date: 2024-07-30
NAICS industry code: 213112

An employee was performing an audit and adjustment on the capping machine. They were removing cappers from the machine that had fallen out. The employee's right thumb was caught by the belt and pulley resulting in amputation of the thumb tip.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by running powered equipment  during maintenance, cleaning, testing
code_source: title: Packaging, wrapping, bundling machinery
code_nature: title: Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
code_body: title: Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
severity: high