Incident date: 2024-09-19
NAICS industry code: 332322

An employee was operating a structural mill when a line became jammed between the cut punch system and the roll former. The employee was guiding the material back onto the roller when their right hand contacted the cut punch, resulting in partial amputations to the index, middle, and ring fingers. The area was unguarded at the time.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by running powered equipment  during maintenance, cleaning, testing
code_source: title: Rolling mills, rolling, calendering machinery
code_nature: title: Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
code_body: title: Other finger(s)  n.e.c.
severity: high