Incident date: 2024-11-23
NAICS industry code: 332710

An employee was dumping a hopper full of machining chips into a larger scrap bin. When they reset the hopper, their right index finger was pinched between the frame and the hopper. The employee's fingertip was amputated.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught or wedged between objects  nonrunning
code_source: title: Hoppers  except confined space
code_nature: title: Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
code_body: title: Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
severity: high