Incident date: 2022-08-03
NAICS industry code: 424690

An employee was making an adjustment to an extruder. The employee's gloved left hand was caught in a roll-to-roll nip point causing fractures to the ring and little fingers. The employee underwent a medical amputation to the little fingertip.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
code_source: title: Extruding machinery
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high