Incident date: 2017-04-30
NAICS industry code: 331221

An employee was inserting a metal spacer between two roll supports when the rolls closed hydraulically, crushing and amputating the tip of his right thumb.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
code_source: title: Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, unspecified
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high