Incident date: 2015-02-04
NAICS industry code: 332323

Employee was operating a roll mill swedger. He was pushing on a slide bar when he placed his right hand on the moving equipment, severely crushing his middle finger.  He was taken to the hospital where the tip of his right middle finger was amputated at the first joint.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
code_source: title: Rolling mills, rolling, calendering machinery
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high