Incident date: 2015-02-10
NAICS industry code: 326299

Worker on the unwind end of the extruder was attempting to remove some material that was wrapped around a roller.  He reached over and under the guard without disengaging the rollers.  His left thumb was caught between the two rollers and he was degloved from the first knuckle.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
code_source: title: Extruding machinery
code_nature: title: Avulsions, enucleations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: moderate