Abstract: At 12:30 p.m. on November 3, 2021, an employee was working for a firm that manufactured products made of plastics and resin. He was working as a machine operator. He was using a mechanical dumper or dumper machine to load material into a shredder. A piece of material sticking out of the shredder, so the employee climbed up on the shredder to reach it. He placed his left hand on a housing for guide wheels at the side of the of dumper machine. The housing had an opening more than 7 feet (2.1 meters) above the floor. The employee's finger became caught between the housing or frame and an internal guidewheel. The employee suffered a laceration with ligament damage to the middle finger on his left hand and the partial amputation of the ring finger on his left hand. He was treated without hospitalization.