Incident date: 2022-12-19
NAICS industry code: 321113

An employee was helping to lift a press roll in to fix an issue that was occurring. A co-worker lost their grip and the press roll fell onto the injured employee's left index finger, resulting in a crush injury and amputation.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by object or equipment dropped by other person
code_source: title: Rollers
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high