Incident date: 2015-09-24
NAICS industry code: 322211

An employee had just finished setting up a printer press and was wiping excess ink off of the cylinder when the rag got caught in the roller. While the employee attempted to remove the rag, the machine amputated his right middle finger and injured his index and ring fingers.

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