Incident date: 2024-11-15
NAICS industry code: 326140

On November 15, 2024, at approximately 11:45 a.m., an employee was making adjustments to a vacuum boot at the end of the bubble-forming roller of the bubble line when their left little finger became caught in the pinch point created between the bubble-forming roller and rubber roller. The finger was amputated to the first knuckle.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by running powered equipment  during maintenance, cleaning, testing
code_source: title: Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery  unspecified
code_nature: title: Amputations involving bone loss
code_body: title: Other finger(s)  n.e.c.
severity: high