Incident date: 2023-07-17
NAICS industry code: 322291

The injured employee was feeding paper into a machine with their right hand while standing on the base. The wheel to advance the paper was manually turned and the injured employee's right ring finger was pulled into the rollers. The tip of his right ring finger was pinched and amputated.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Paper production machinery, unspecified
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high