Incident date: 2017-12-04
NAICS industry code: 326111

While working on a printing press, an employee noticed a problem and went to investigate. The employee was behind the press with a rag when it became caught in the ingoing nip point, pulling the employee's right hand into the press. The employee suffered a right-hand de-gloving followed by finger amputations.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
code_source: title: Presses-printing
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high