Incident date: 2020-06-24
NAICS industry code: 322222

An employee was using a rag to clean ink blots from the rollers of a flexo press. The rag became caught in the rollers and pulled the employee's left hand into the machine's rollers. The employee sustained amputation of the left index and middle fingertips.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
code_source: title: Presses-printing
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high