Abstract: On April 14, 2008, Employee #1, an employee of a temporary staffing agency, was working at a manufacturing site assigned the job of testing the packaging machine by keeping product boxes on the conveyor. The small boxes continually fell off the conveyor. Employee #1 had to squat to the floor to pick up the fallen boxes. When down, Employee #1 lost his footing. Employee #1grabbed on to the packaging machine to prevent his face from entering the machine's moving parts. Employee #1 right hand index fingertip was caught between an unguarded belt and pulley drive and was amputated. Employee #1 was treated at Kaweah Delta Medical Center and was not hospitalized.