Incident date: 2024-08-26
NAICS industry code: 333111

An employee was rolling flat bars through metal rollers when their glove got caught in the rollers. The employee's right thumb was pulled into the rollers and was partially amputated. The employee was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught, entangled in running powered equipment  normal operation
code_source: title: Rolling mills, rolling, calendering machinery
code_nature: title: Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
code_body: title: Thumb(s)
severity: high