Incident date: 2024-07-23
NAICS industry code: 326220

An employee was feeding fabric between two rolls on a calendar machine when his fingers were pulled into the nip point. The first three fingers on his right hand were crushed. The employee was hospitalized and required surgical amputation(s).

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught, entangled in running powered equipment  normal operation
code_source: title: Rolling mills, rolling, calendering machinery
code_nature: title: Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
code_body: title: Other finger(s)  n.e.c.
severity: high