Incident date: 2017-10-29
NAICS industry code: 924110

An employee was adjusting a corrugation machine's stacking section when he used a box-end wrench to loosen the bolts that hold the internal plate down. The machine then cycled, pinching his finger between the bracket (movable part) and frame (fixed part). He suffered a trans-phalangeal amputation of the right index finger. The machine was in auto mode at the time of the incident.

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