Incident date: 2016-12-19
NAICS industry code: 332611

An employee was troubleshooting a product non-conformance. While doing so, the employee suspected that the machine (tapering mill) had been set up or repaired incorrectly. After turning off the work cell, which this machine is a part of, the employee entered the work cell to verify the machine was set up correctly. The employee was attempting to adjust the machine's tapering rollers when four left-hand fingers were caught and fractured in between the rollers.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
severity: moderate