Incident date: 2017-09-04
NAICS industry code: 325211

On 9/04/2017, at approximately 6:30 a.m., an employee was attempting to remove a plastic roll core from a machine when the machine's extractor arm moved the roll, causing it to pinch his right index finger. His finger had to be surgically amputated up to the first digit.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
code_source: title: Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, unspecified
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high