Incident date: 2019-01-30
NAICS industry code: 331221

An employee was inspecting a slitting machine after set-up by using his right hand to check the tension on the roll bar. His cut-resistant gloves became caught in the tooling ring and pulled his fingers into the rings, resulting in a right index finger amputation.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, unspecified
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high