Incident date: 2019-01-10
NAICS industry code: 323111

An employee had been operating an embossing press. The employee noticed a piece of splicing tape was not adhering correctly. When he attempted to fix the tape, his right hand became caught in the embossing rollers. Four fingers on the right hand were degloved and the employee was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
code_source: title: Printing machinery and equipment, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Avulsions, enucleations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: moderate