Incident date: 2016-03-24
NAICS industry code: 541860

An employee was webbing the paper through the printing press perf and anvil cylinder.  The employee indexed the cylinders while holding the lead edge of the paper in the gap which drew the finger in, pinching it between two cylinders.  The employee's right index finger was amputated.

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