Incident date: 2017-08-22
NAICS industry code: 325998

An employee and a coworker were clearing a valve jam on a valve inserter machine when the coworker cycled the machine while the employee's hand was inside. The machine then amputated the employee's right index finger.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
code_source: title: Special process machinery, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high