Incident date: 2023-04-03
NAICS industry code: 311612

On April 3, 2023, an employee was removing a piece of plastic from a machine when the machine cycled and the employee's right index finger was crushed between the forming die box and the forming head of the machine. The employee sustained a partial finger amputation.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery, unspecified
code_source: title: Packaging, bottling, wrapping machinery, unspecified
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
severity: high