Incident date: 2015-09-01
NAICS industry code: 322215

An employee was preparing to drill a hole in wax paper using a foot-operated paper drill machine. She placed a stack of paper in the machine using a block to hold the wax paper in place. When she pressed the foot pedal, the machine drilled the tip of her right index finger, causing an amputation-type injury.

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