Incident date: 2025-06-17
NAICS industry code: 331210

An employee was removing a tube that was stuck in a draw bench. The tube activated a sensor that dropped the inserter down, causing the tube to pull the employee's left little finger into the tube and the inserter wheels. The employee sustained a partial amputation and was hospitalized. The machine was not locked out at the time.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by running powered equipment  during maintenance, cleaning, testing
code_source: title: Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery  unspecified
code_nature: title: Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
code_body: title: Other finger(s)  n.e.c.
severity: high