Incident date: 2022-03-16
NAICS industry code: 323113

An employee was oiling a chain on a press machine. The employee noticed an oil drip and reached over with a rag to wipe up the oil. The chain caught the rag and pulled in the employee's hand, causing a degloving and fracture to one of the employee's fingertips. The fingertip was medically amputated.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
code_source: title: Presses-printing
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high