Incident date: 2024-05-17
NAICS industry code: 322212

On May 17, 2024, a maintenance employee was performing planned maintenance on a dryer and greasing the bearings while in a squatting position. When he stood up, he lost balance and his left hand contacted the supply fan drive shaft resulting in partial amputations to two fingers.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by running powered equipment  during maintenance, cleaning, testing
code_source: title: Rollers, calenders, dryers paper production
code_nature: title: Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
code_body: title: Other finger(s)  n.e.c.
severity: high