Incident date: 2018-02-26
NAICS industry code: 323111

An employee was placing material on a machine to be cut. When the employee actuated the clamp via the foot pedal, the clamp pinched the employee's left thumb, requiring surgery and hospitalization.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
code_source: title: Printing machinery and equipment, unspecified
code_nature: title: Crushing injuries
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
severity: moderate