Incident date: 2018-07-06
NAICS industry code: 322222

On 7/6/2018, an employee was operating a vertical mixer and was using a rag to press against the rotating shaft. The rotating shaft then caught the rag and pulled the employee's right hand into the mixer, resulting in a pinky finger amputation as well as a fracture and abrasions to the right wrist. The mixer was guarded at the time.

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