Incident date: 2016-04-14
NAICS industry code: 326113

A maintenance employee was troubleshooting an ink press when his jacket was caught in the antilock and cylinder gear of the flexographic press. His right arm was pulled into the machine and was amputated from the elbow down. The machine was not locked out/tagged out at the time.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
code_source: title: Presses-printing
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Forearm(s)
severity: high