Incident date: 2016-12-29
NAICS industry code: 337121

On December 29, 2016, an employee was a clearing a jam on the in-feed conveyor of a double-end foiler machine when the employee's right ring finger was pinched and lacerated in a pinch point between the feedstock material and the framework of the conveyor's emergency stop paddle. The employee was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Special process machinery, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
severity: moderate