Incident date: 2022-08-01
NAICS industry code: 314129

An employee was repairing a yarn break. A filament of yarn waste from a package wrapped around the employee's thumb and a nearby, rotating, pre-tensioning shaft. Due to the strength of the filament yarn, the employee's right thumb was partially amputated.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery, unspecified
code_source: title: Textile, apparel, leather production machinery, unspecified
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
severity: high