Incident date: 2019-01-02
NAICS industry code: 335911

An employee was replacing a belt associated with a pasting machine cutter when a second employee jogged the machine via a two-hand control. As the second employee activated the two-hand control, the first employee's hand slipped into the cutting head, severing three fingers between the first and second knuckle. One finger was amputated and two other fingers may require amputation.

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