Incident date: 2020-06-19
NAICS industry code: 332312

An employee was loading a mandrel rod onto a machine when the pusher connector rod slipped off the pusher. The operator of the control panel stopped the pushing device and put it in reverse. The employee's finger was then caught and amputated in the machine.

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