Incident date: 2015-07-13
NAICS industry code: 331221

An employee was feeding two strips of narrow pieces of steel into a reel. There were some cracked edges on the strip of metal. His hand was pulled toward the spacer causing his finger to get caught in/between the spacer (metal disc) and the steel strip that cuts the steel in the over arm (part of the reel/guide to keep cut straight). This occurred at the 72 slitter on the exit reel.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
code_source: title: Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
severity: high