Incident date: 2018-03-21
NAICS industry code: 322211

An employee was working at a flexographic machine and setting up for the next order. He manually turned the pull roll with his right hand while his left hand was above the shaft, and his left middle fingertip became lodged in the machine, resulting in a fingertip amputation.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Presses-printing
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high