Incident date: 2024-02-09
NAICS industry code: 326112

On February 9, 2024, at 1:30 a.m., an employee was using a rag to clean the nip roller of a print press when their rag got caught between the rollers, causing their right hand to become caught in the rollers. The employee suffered crush injuries that included nerve and tendon injuries requiring hospitalization and surgery. The press was energized at the time of the incident.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by running powered equipment  during maintenance, cleaning, testing
code_source: title: Industrial printing machinery
code_nature: title: Nonfatal 'crushing' injuries
code_body: title: Hand(s), finger(s)  unspecified
severity: moderate