Incident date: 2015-08-26
NAICS industry code: 333999

An employee was removing the exit guard on the bar peeler machine.  The top hinge of the guard fell and caught the tip of the employee's finger between the guard and the machine.  The tip of the employee's right index finger was amputated.  The employee was not hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high