Incident date: 2024-02-27
NAICS industry code: 331221

On February 27, 2024, an employee was operating a 48" metal slitter and was checking for burrs near the recoiling arm when they sustained amputation of their left little fingertip.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught, entangled in running powered equipment  normal operation
code_source: title: Shearing machinery
code_nature: title: Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
code_body: title: Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
severity: high