Incident date: 2024-01-29
NAICS industry code: 311712

On January 29, 2024, an employee was accessing a bagging machine from beneath to clear a jam. Her hand was caught in the machine's point of operation, where a heat sealer bar and cutter amputated her left index finger at the first knuckle. The machine was operating at the time of the incident.

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 involving bone loss
code_body: title: Other finger(s)  n.e.c.
severity: high