Incident date: 2019-01-31
NAICS industry code: 311919

An employee was setting up foil wrap on a new wrap machine. He reached into his back pocket with his right hand while his left hand remained in contact with the machine. His left hand then slid and contacted the blades of the running machine, resulting in a partial left middle fingertip amputation. The blades were guarded at the time of the incident.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
code_source: title: Packaging, wrapping, bundling machinery
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high