Incident date: 2016-01-21
NAICS industry code: 423310

On January 21, 2016, an employee was operating veneer press roller while working with material that was not feeding through properly. As he attempted to push the misaligned material through the machine, is left little fingertip was pinched. When he attempted to pull his hand back, the flesh and nail of fingertip were degloved.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
code_source: title: Rolling mills, rolling, calendering machinery
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high