Incident date: 2017-04-28
NAICS industry code: 322130

On April 28, 2017, an employee was using a rope to change the felt on a paper machine when his hand was caught in the nip point created by the rope and the shaft. He sustained amputation of the right middle and ring fingertips.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
code_source: title: Paper production machinery, unspecified
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high