Incident date: 2019-08-28
NAICS industry code: 311991

An employee was cleaning bag pieces out of a packaging machine when another employee cycled the machine. His right thumb came in contact with an internal blade and the tip was amputated (only flesh, no bone, partial nail).

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
code_source: title: Packaging, wrapping, bundling machinery
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high