Incident date: 2015-03-09
NAICS industry code: 322299

On March 9, 2015, an employee sustained distal amputations of the third and fourth right-hand digits while operating a conical paper cup-forming machine. The employee was feeding paper in order to start production on the machine.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
code_source: title: Formers-paper production
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high