Incident date: 2018-11-17
NAICS industry code: 322121

An employee was replacing a fabric sheet on a paper towel machine. The employee removed a pin on the winch and was checking to see if the machine was lined up when the employee's finger was caught by a moving part. The finger was partially amputated at the middle knuckle.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
code_source: title: Paper production machinery, unspecified
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high