Incident date: 2020-05-11
NAICS industry code: 331221

An employee was in the process of turning a coil on the mill when he attempted to push the coil behind a safety gate. The coil then uncoiled, catching his left thumb between the safety gate and the coil. As a result, his left thumb was partially amputated.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Reels, rolls, spools, coils, cones
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
severity: high