Incident date: 2015-12-23
NAICS industry code: 326199

An employee was cleaning rollers on a geoliner machine that rolls plastic sheets together. He bypassed a light curtain guard and was cleaning the rollers with the machine turned on.  His hand was caught between the roller and the right index and middle fingers were crushed. The employee was hospitalized for surgery.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
code_source: title: Bending, rolling, shaping machinery, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Crushing injuries
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: moderate