Incident date: 2021-05-09
NAICS industry code: 322291

An employee was clearing a paper wrap in the upper embosser roller and lower pressure roll on the rewinder section of a line. The machine was jogged and the employee's left hand was caught in the point of operation. The employee suffered amputations to the ring and middle fingertips, losing skin, the middle fingernail, and the fingertip pads. There was no bone loss.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery, unspecified
code_source: title: Paper production machinery, unspecified
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high