Incident date: 2025-03-07
NAICS industry code: 423990

Two employees were conducting a roll change on a rolling mill machine using a porter bar and a counterweight sleeve. The sleeve slid back and crushed the injured employee's right index fingertip between the sleeve and the counterweight, resulting in a partial amputation.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by running powered equipment  during maintenance, cleaning, testing
code_source: title: Rolling mills, rolling, calendering machinery
code_nature: title: Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
code_body: title: Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
severity: high