Incident date: 2017-07-13
NAICS industry code: 322121

An employee was removing a fitting roll device from a calendar machine. The device came off with unexpected force and struck his left fifth finger against a guardrail, fracturing and lacerating it. He was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
code_source: title: Machine and appliance parts, unspecified
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
severity: moderate