Incident date: 2019-07-11
NAICS industry code: 562119

An employee was checking for vibration on an applicator roll drive shaft. The grease fitting came around and caught the ring on the employee's left ring finger. The left ring finger was pulled into the applicator roll drive and was de-gloved and medically amputated at the lower knuckle.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Machinery, unspecified
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high