Incident date: 2025-03-15
NAICS industry code: 331315

At 11:27 a.m. on March 15, 2025, an employee was transferring film to start a new roll when the winder shaft failed to seat properly in its cradle. The employee was knocking the unseated shaft down when his right thumb was caught. The employee sustained an amputation to right thumb.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by running powered equipment  during maintenance, cleaning, testing
code_source: title: Winders, unwinders
code_nature: title: Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
code_body: title: Thumb(s)
severity: high