Incident date: 2017-11-15
NAICS industry code: 322299

An employee was training a new employee on the operation of a napkin folding machine when he heard a noise that concerned him and asked the trainee to bump the conveyor leading out of the machine. The employee went behind the machine to investigate and slipped as the trainee was bumping the conveyor. His left thumb was subsequently caught between the belt and a timing gear, damaging the bone and tissue. His thumb tip was amputated directly below the nailbed.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Paper production machinery, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high