Incident date: 2022-03-07
NAICS industry code: 326199

An employee was fixing a machine that cuts bar stock after an alarm on the machine went off. When the employee fixed the issue, the machine started back up and the employee's right index finger got caught in the machine's bar feeder, resulting in an amputation at the first knuckle.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
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