Incident date: 2018-08-07
NAICS industry code: 326111

On August 7, 2018, an employee was releasing air from a winder shaft when another employee pushed the core onto the shaft while the employee's finger was still on the air release valve. The employee's left index fingertip was caught between the shaft and the core, resulting in a fingertip amputation.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
code_source: title: Winders, unwinders
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high