Incident date: 2018-12-22
NAICS industry code: 322121

An employee was feeding paper from a roll into a paper machine. A piece of paper was caught in the machine; the employee was removing it when his left middle finger was caught between a pulley and the paper roll. The fingertip (including tissue and bone) was amputated.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
code_source: title: Paper production machinery, unspecified
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high