Incident date: 2017-09-23
NAICS industry code: 238220

On September 23, 2017, at approximately 6:40 an employee was helping another employee to remove build up on an energized fabric cutter roller using a putty knife. The putty knife and the employee's hand were pulled into the knives, resulting in amputation of the distal tip of the right middle finger. The machine was not guarded or locked out at the time.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
code_source: title: Special process machinery, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high