Incident date: 2019-04-02
NAICS industry code: 313241

An employee was threading a carding machine when the employee's left middle finger was caught in the threading rollers resulting in a fingertip amputation. The machine was not guarded at the time.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
code_source: title: Picking, carding, combing machinery
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high