Incident date: 2017-05-22
NAICS industry code: 314120

An employee was operating a machine that prints logos onto fabric materials when the machine began to leak ink. As the employee was attempting to remove ink from the roller using a towel, the rollers caught the towel and pulled her hand into the machine. Her right little finger was crushed and de-gloved. Her finger had to be surgically amputated.

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