Incident date: 2023-09-21
NAICS industry code: 313310

An employee was getting loose cotton from a cotton processing machine when their right hand was caught by a cotton processing roller. The employee sustained an amputation to their ring finger, a laceration to the middle finger, and a fracture and puncture wound to the little finger.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery, unspecified
code_source: title: Textile, apparel, leather production machinery, unspecified
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
severity: high