Incident date: 2018-09-20
NAICS industry code: 561431

An employee was removing a top screen of rollers off a chute when he dropped the rollers. His middle finger was then pinched between the falling rollers and more rollers that were below, resulting in a middle fingertip amputation.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by object or equipment dropped by injured worker
code_source: title: Rollers
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high