Incident date: 2024-12-27
NAICS industry code: 313320

An employee was cleaning the nip roller and setting up/operating a laminating machine when their left hand was caught in the machine and crushed. The employee sustained the amputation of their middle, ring, and little fingers. The machine was not locked out/tagged out at the time.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught, entangled in running powered equipment  normal operation
code_source: title: Machinery  unspecified
code_nature: title: Amputations involving bone loss
code_body: title: Other finger(s)  n.e.c.
severity: high