Incident date: 2016-06-20
NAICS industry code: 322220

When an employee tried to pull a piece of paper off a glue applicator, the employee's left thumb was pinched between the glue applicator and the glue roller. The employee suffered an open wound, possible fracture, and possible amputation to the left thumb. The machine was running at the time of the incident.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery, unspecified
code_source: title: Paper production machinery, unspecified
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
severity: high