Incident date: 2023-10-10
NAICS industry code: 322211

An employee was wiping moisture off the rollers of a press machine. The rag that they were using got caught on a staple on a roller. The roller pulled the rag and the employee's right hand into the rollers and four fingers were amputated.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
code_source: title: Machinery, unspecified
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high