Incident date: 2024-10-23
NAICS industry code: 423930

An employee was troubleshooting a book binding machine that was feeding covers crooked. The employee slid the side door open to investigate. His left hand went down between the brushes and his middle finger struck the blade, resulting in amputation of the fingertip.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by running powered equipment  during maintenance, cleaning, testing
code_source: title: Bindery machinery
code_nature: title: Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
code_body: title: Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
severity: high