Incident date: 2024-01-07
NAICS industry code: 322121

An employee was inspecting the tension on the top and bottom slitters of a machine. As he was manually spinning the bottom slitter, the blade contacted his right ring finger, resulting in a fingertip amputation.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught or wedged between objects  nonrunning
code_source: title: Cutters, slitters, winders paper production
code_nature: title: Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
code_body: title: Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
severity: high