Incident date: 2016-03-09
NAICS industry code: 424210

An employee was loading paper into a printing press when the press did not move the paper along as designed. The employee jogged the machine and turned it off and then on, attempting to get the paper to move along. The employee's left index finger was caught in the machine, amputating the first digit of the finger.

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: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high