Incident date: 2016-03-03
NAICS industry code: 561910

An employee was waiting for maintenance to clear a jam on a tissue interfolder machine. The employee attempted to grab a scrap of paper as maintenance was jogging and stopping the machine. Her right pinky and ring fingers were pulled into a pinch point and had to be surgically amputated.

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