Incident date: 2018-06-13
NAICS industry code: 322121

An employee was operating a paper trimmer machine. While removing a piece of trim after a cut, the tip of his right third finger was caught in an opening in the paper clamp as the control was released. His hand followed the clamp up and the fingertip contacted the retracted blade. The employee suffered a fingertip amputation.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
code_source: title: Paper production machinery, unspecified
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high