Incident date: 2018-11-21
NAICS industry code: 322230

An employee was operating a paper cutter machine that cuts and folds paper into envelopes of different sizes. Part of the process is to stick adhesive onto the envelopes. The adhesive is poured into a reservoir located directly underneath a set of gears (sprockets). The operator was trying to remove a piece of paper that had fallen onto the reservoir when their right index finger was caught in the gears and amputated.

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