Incident date: 2017-02-25
NAICS industry code: 332311

An employee was cleaning the rollers that apply chemical treatment and paints to metal coils when his hand was caught in the metal coils. His right pinky finger, ring finger, and thumb tip had to be surgically amputated.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
code_source: title: Painting, priming, metal coating machinery
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high