Incident date: 2017-12-20
NAICS industry code: 321991

An employee was operating a gang nail machine to nail two pieces of wood truss together on a metal plate. He attempted to retrieve a document that was on the machine when his right pinky finger became caught in it, amputating the skin on his fingertip.

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