Incident date: 2015-08-24
NAICS industry code: 324191

An employee performing quality checks on filters leaving the assembly line amputated the left pinky finger from the first knuckle when it was caught between the vertical guide rail and the horizontal dead plate. The force of the backed up filters contributed to the injury.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
code_source: title: Product assembly machinery, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high