Incident date: 2024-08-29
NAICS industry code: 326199

An employee was conducting a paper test after changing a roll on the assembly line when paper began jamming at the outfeed conveyor. As the employee was clearing the jam, their right thumb was caught in the nip point between a belt and a drive gear resulting in degloving injuries. The tip of their thumb was surgically amputated.

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