Incident date: 2023-09-21
NAICS industry code: 327332

An employee was starting the filling process for an 18-inch elliptical form and then prepared headers for the next step of production. The employee loaded the headers into the elliptical header form and rotated a lever to engage the lifting lugs when his right middle fingertip was pinched by the lever, resulting in amputation.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
code_source: title: Machinery, unspecified
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high