Incident date: 2015-11-21
NAICS industry code: 511110

An employee was operating equipment identified as a paster and amputated the right thumb tip when it was caught in the machine while trying to remove a scrap of paper.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
code_source: title: Printing machinery and equipment, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high