Incident date: 2015-11-11
NAICS industry code: 115111

An employee was cleaning the feed section of a lint cleaner. The machine was running at the time.  While he was removing lint, his left hand got caught by the machine and was pulled in up to his forearm.  A coworker working about 10 feet away ran over and turned off the machine.  The employee's middle and index fingertips were smashed between two rollers.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
code_source: title: Textile, apparel, leather production machinery, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high