Incident date: 2020-11-26
NAICS industry code: 424990

At about 3:40 a.m. on November 26, 2020, an employee was working on a paper machine, sliding the extractor open to load a roll. The extractor fell onto the employee's left index finger from a height of about a foot, breaking the finger at the tip just behind the nail bed. The employee was hospitalized, undergoing surgery to put a surgical pin in place.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by falling object or equipment, unspecified
code_source: title: Special process machinery, unspecified
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: moderate