Incident date: 2017-10-24
NAICS industry code: 335312

An employee was testing a 20-horsepower motor when his left ring finger came into contact with the 100-pound rotor, which was spinning at 10,000 rotations per minute. His finger had to be surgically amputated at the second joint.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
code_source: title: Motors other than vehicle
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high