Incident date: 2018-05-21
NAICS industry code: 331222

On 5/21/18, a maintenance employee was working on the back of a straight cut eight machine, troubleshooting the lights of a folding gate's sensor, when his right hand was placed on the folding gate. The folding gate then came down on his right middle finger and amputated his fingertip.

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: Fingertip(s)
severity: high