Incident date: 2015-10-07
NAICS industry code: 336510

An employee had his left ring and small finger amputated when he placed his hand in the Horizontal Compression Machine (HCM) to clean the sensor that was located approximately 18" inside the machine.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
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