Incident date: 2023-03-02
NAICS industry code: 313310

An employee was using an air gun to blow cotton out of a textile machine when the machine pulled the employee's shirt and left arm into the machine gears and roller. The employee's left little finger was amputated and they sustained a severe injury to the right forearm.

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