Incident date: 2016-07-14
NAICS industry code: 331318

On July 14, 2016, at approximately 1:40 a.m., an employee was located at the end of the line where aluminum was being rolled onto a coil. Wearing cotton gloves, the employee was checking for edge cracks and used sand paper when he observed a spot. The roll was moving at approximately 900 feet/minute when the operator of the machine saw the coil buckle and hit the E-stop to prevent damage. While using the sand paper, the employee's left hand/fingers were severely crushed between the moving coil and the roller, requiring hospitalization.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
code_source: title: Rolling mills, rolling, calendering machinery
code_nature: title: Crushing injuries
code_body: title: Hand(s) and finger(s)
severity: moderate