Incident date: 2018-05-03
NAICS industry code: 333220

An employee was working on an assembly line, running a non-woven manufacturing machine, when the employee's left hand became caught between two running spindles. The employee's left thumb was amputated, with the possibility of additional left-hand finger amputations. The machine was not powered down or locked out/tagged out at the time of the incident.

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