Incident date: 2025-07-13
NAICS industry code: 326113

At about 10:00 a.m. on July 13, 2025, an employee was cleaning the adhesive from running rollers using a rag soaked in cleaning solvent to prevent contamination. The rag was caught between two rollers and pulled the employee's right hand between the rollers. The employee sustained right hand crushing injuries, de-gloving injuries (palmer and dorsal sides), and fractures. The employee was hospitalized and required surgery. The machine was not locked out/tagged out at the time.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by running powered equipment  during maintenance, cleaning, testing
code_source: title: Bending, rolling, shaping, stamping machinery  unspecified
code_nature: title: Multiple severe wounds and internal injuries
code_body: title: Hand(s), finger(s)  unspecified
severity: moderate