Incident date: 2017-08-18
NAICS industry code: 445110

An employee was operating a baler when the baler door closed on and amputated the employee's left ring finger and possibly a second finger.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Banding, baling, strapping machinery
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high