Incident date: 2017-11-26
NAICS industry code: 488210

An employee was securing a rope around a bag on the bottom of a dust collector when the rope became entangled around the employee's left thumb, causing a laceration and amputation above the first joint.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Entangled in other object or equipment
code_source: title: Rope, twine, string
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high