Incident date: 2015-11-01
NAICS industry code: 322121

1. On 11/1/15, an employee was changing the reel of paper and caught the left middle finger in a nip point. The finger was amputated to the first knuckle.


2. On 11/11/15, an employee received chemical and thermal burns to the right hand and knee from caustic hydrogen peroxide due to an unclosed valve on the pulp mill equipment. 

Note to user: This record contains two separate events that were reported simultaneously to OSHA by the employer.  These events are captured as one report.

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