Incident date: 2015-10-06
NAICS industry code: 238210

An employee was using an hydraulic pipe bender and was setting the pipe in place to bend when a coworker started the machine. The employee's finger got caught between the metal conduit and the yoke of the machine. His right-hand middle finger was amputated above the first knuckle.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Bending, crimping machines
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high