Incident date: 2019-11-13
NAICS industry code: 326150

A maintenance employee was cleaning a piece of fiber from a roller shaft bearing when the roller turned and the protruding teeth struck the employee, causing an amputation to the right index finger.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
code_source: title: Special process machinery, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
severity: high