Incident date: 2017-05-08
NAICS industry code: 326112

At 8:00 p.m., on 5/08/2017, an employee was working on a production line when he attempted to help another employee unjam a spin trimmer machine. While removing product from the machine, he came into contact with the heated knife blade, lacerating his left middle finger between the base of the hand and his first knuckle. He was hospitalized and had surgery.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Contact with objects and equipment, unspecified
code_source: title: Machinery, unspecified
code_nature: title: Cuts, lacerations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: moderate