Incident date: 2024-05-21
NAICS industry code: 322230

A temporary employee was removing an envelope that was sitting on folding cylinders in the top-fold section of an envelope-folding machine. Their left index and middle fingers became caught in the rolls, resulting in partial amputations of the fingertips.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught, entangled in running powered equipment  normal operation
code_source: title: Other special process machinery  n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
code_body: title: Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
severity: high