Incident date: 2017-04-19
NAICS industry code: 326199

On April 19, 2017, an employee was attempting to clear a plugged fiberglass tube from the sheet molding compound machine's glass cutter. While pulling the fiberglass through the tube, the employee's right middle fingertip struck the rotating cotton roller and was amputated. The machine was unguarded at the time of the incident.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
code_source: title: Extruding, injecting, forming, molding machinery, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high