Incident date: 2024-05-21
NAICS industry code: 332311

An employee was operating a flange line machine and pushing a flange aside using the material holder vises when the holders came down and pinched his right index finger between the holder and the material. He sustained an amputation of the finger.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught, entangled in running powered equipment  normal operation
code_source: title: Welding machinery
code_nature: title: Amputations involving bone loss
code_body: title: Other finger(s)  n.e.c.
severity: high