Incident date: 2016-10-13
NAICS industry code: 332312

An employee was checking the alignment on a blasting machine while it was locked out. The injured employee reached into the machine to check clearance when another employee rotated the wheel by hand. The injured employee suffered the amputation of 3/16 of the index finger.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
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