Incident date: 2019-07-15
NAICS industry code: 322291

An employee was removing a clog from the impeller of a filter press using a pipe wrench. When the clog became free, a V-belt moved as a result of gravity and crushed the employee's left middle finger, resulting in an avulsion.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Paper production machinery, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Avulsions, enucleations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
severity: moderate