Incident date: 2018-08-02
NAICS industry code: 323110

An employee was attempting to remove a blemish that developed on the press plate of a sheet-fed press machine when his right index finger was caught in a roller, resulting in an amputation to the top portion of his finger.

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