Incident date: 2024-03-15
NAICS industry code: 326121

An employee was operating the winder and became entangled in the zipper line as it was wrapping around the spool on the winding machine. The employee sustained a left middle finger amputation as well as a laceration, bruises and contusions, and was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught, entangled in running powered equipment  normal operation
code_source: title: Winders, unwinders
code_nature: title: Amputations involving bone loss
code_body: title: Other finger(s)  n.e.c.
severity: high