Incident date: 2017-07-11
NAICS industry code: 326199

An employee was conducting maintenance activities on the recycle material system of a lamination machine. The employee's right hand was caught in a butterfly valve when the valve closed. The employee sustained an avulsion and partial amputation of the index finger and an avulsion and fracture of the middle finger. The equipment was not locked out at the time.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
code_source: title: Special process machinery, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Amputations, avulsions, enucleations, n.e.c.
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
severity: high