Incident date: 2017-03-20
NAICS industry code: 331210

An employee was operating a slitter machine which unrolled steel coils. The coils develop slack as they are unrolled and to counter the slackness the operator manually inserts cardboard slats. As the employee inserted a slat, a gloved right hand was pulled into the coil. The middle, ring and little fingers were amputated. The thumb tip was also amputated.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
code_source: title: Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high