Incident date: 2017-02-04
NAICS industry code: 322211

An employee was lifting a feed cover. The cover would not lift any farther, so the employee decided to place the cover back down. In the descent, the employee's right middle finger became pinched and amputated between the cover and a fixed object.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Paper production machinery, unspecified
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high