Incident date: 2018-11-19
NAICS industry code: 325220

An employee was working with two other employees to ensure the proper setup/startup of an extrusion machine.  The injured employee was conducting a quality check of the product on the conveyor between the extrusion and fibrillation roller when his left hand was caught between the conveyor roller and fibrillator, resulting in a left hand amputation.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery, unspecified
code_source: title: Extruding machinery
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Hand(s), n.e.c.
severity: moderate