Incident date: 2024-09-07
NAICS industry code: 322121

An employee was feeding paper into a rewinder machine. He stepped onto the embosser roll (a giant stamping pin) while the remote control was in jog mode, causing him to roll forward. His left hand was pulled into the rollers resulting in injury to his hand. The employee was hospitalized and required surgery.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught, entangled in running powered equipment  normal operation
code_source: title: Cutters, slitters, winders paper production
code_nature: title: Nonfatal 'crushing' injuries
code_body: title: Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
severity: moderate