Incident date: 2015-08-04
NAICS industry code: 238290

An employee was using a pedal-activated form roller. The employee was preparing to feed a piece of metal into the form roller, holding the metal above the machine when he inadvertently actuated the foot pedal. His glove got caught in the rollers, and his hand was pulled into the rollers.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
code_source: title: Rolling mills, rolling, calendering machinery
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Hand(s), n.e.c.
severity: high