Incident date: 2018-02-05
NAICS industry code: 332313

An employee was using a rolling machine to roll flat pieces of metal (about 8" x 12") into a tube that is then seam welded at another machine when the employee's left hand was injured, requiring the surgical amputation of four fingers.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
code_source: title: Rolling mills, rolling, calendering machinery
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high