Incident date: 2018-05-17
NAICS industry code: 111191

An employee was changing out the saw cylinder on a de-linter machine when a helper accidentally bumped the hydraulic lever that controls the door. The door closed on the employee's right index finger, causing deep lacerations that required surgery and hospitalization.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Textile, apparel, leather production machinery, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Cuts, lacerations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
severity: moderate