Incident date: 2016-12-08
NAICS industry code: 322222

An employee was attempting to separate two paper rolls (4-inch roll and 34-inch roll) with a knife when the knife was caught between the rolls and the employee's right index fingertip was pinched off. The paper roll machine was guarded at the time of the incident.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
code_source: title: Paper production machinery, unspecified
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high