Incident date: 2025-06-30
NAICS industry code: 333914

An employee was completing a winding process involving installation of magnet wire into a stator. The final loop of the wire wrapped around the employee's left little finger and pulled it into the stator, resulting in an amputation to the finger below the first joint (in the area of the fingernail).

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught, entangled in running powered equipment  normal operation
code_source: title: Winders, unwinders
code_nature: title: Amputations involving bone loss
code_body: title: Other finger(s)  n.e.c.
severity: high