Incident date: 2016-07-06
NAICS industry code: 326220

An employee was attempting to help the mill operator start a strip of sticky rubber on the take-off belt when his left index finger came into contact with the mill knives and was amputated behind the nail bed in front of the first knuckle.

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