Incident date: 2017-02-23
NAICS industry code: 321113

An employee's left ring fingertip was amputated while removing twine that was entangled in a roller. The employee's glove got entangled with the twine pulling the employee's finger into the feed roller. As the employee pulled the hand back, the fingertip was amputated by the twine.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Entangled in other object or equipment
code_source: title: Rope, twine, string
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high