Incident date: 2017-12-06
NAICS industry code: 115111

An employee was removing excess cotton from a lint cleaner machine when the machine turned on, amputating four of his right-hand fingers up to the first knuckle.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
code_source: title: Textile, apparel, leather production machinery, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high