Incident date: 2015-04-11
NAICS industry code: 323110

An employee was attempting to clear a paper jam on a press machine when a coworker depressed the controls for the press rollers to go into reverse. As the rollers reversed, the employee's right thumb was pulled into the rollers, causing an amputation. The employee was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
code_source: title: Presses-printing
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high