Incident date: 2019-03-20
NAICS industry code: 238120

An employee was setting angle iron in a machine when his right hand was caught between the machine and the machine's rail as the machine changed direction resulting in amputation of the thumb just below the knuckle.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
code_source: title: Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, unspecified
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high