Incident date: 2017-01-04
NAICS industry code: 332215

On January 4, 2017, an employee was replacing a paper roll on a mill polisher machine when his left thumb was caught in a pinch point on the machine. His left thumb tip was surgically amputated.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
code_source: title: Honing, polishing, lapping machinery
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high