Incident date: 2024-09-23
NAICS industry code: 322121

An employee was helping to guide the chuck of the core onto the paper reel when their left thumb became caught between the re-reeler and the paper core, resulting in a partial amputation.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught or wedged between objects  nonrunning
code_source: title: Paper production machinery  unspecified
code_nature: title: Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
code_body: title: Thumb(s)
severity: high