Incident date: 2020-01-08
NAICS industry code: 332322

On January 08, 2019, an employee was operating a beading machine that seals metal tubes for HVAC ducting parts when his glove was pulled into the beading section of the machine (wheels that bead the metal), resulting in the amputation of his left middle and ring fingers from the first knuckle.

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