Incident date: 2024-07-11
NAICS industry code: 326111

An employee was re-webbing paper on an inter-folder machine. The machine's wheel was turned, and the employee's left middle and ring fingers were caught between the roller and the cutting knife. Both fingertips were amputated and the employee was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by running powered equipment  during maintenance, cleaning, testing
code_source: title: Paper production machinery  n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
code_body: title: Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
severity: high