Incident date: 2017-06-08
NAICS industry code: 322211

An employee was setting up a printing machine. He was trying to clean the printing plate with a rag when the machine's roller caught the employee's rag and pulled his right hand into the machine, amputating four fingers. The machine was not guarded or locked/tagged out at the time.

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