Incident date: 2017-05-26
NAICS industry code: 323111

An employee was cleaning and removing debris from the printing press and their finger was caught in the infeed of the press when it started up for a new product run. The employee's right index finger was amputated and the middle finger was lacerated.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
code_source: title: Presses-printing
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high