Incident date: 2023-06-05
NAICS industry code: 311615

An employee had just placed a box and bag into a packaging machine and cycled the machine. The employee noticed that the bag was crooked and went to stop the machine. As they straightened the bag, the sealing bars of the machine closed onto employee's right middle finger and amputated it.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
code_source: title: Packaging, wrapping, bundling machinery
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high