Incident date: 2022-04-19
NAICS industry code: 332618

An employee was setting up a nail making machine, changing out the carrier block bolt. The employee bent down to check the gripper pin. The jog button was actuated and their left index finger was caught in the head roller resulting in a fingertip amputation.

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