Incident date: 2015-01-03
NAICS industry code: 331222

Employees use a draw machine to extrude wire.  The employee bypassed the guard or disabled it to remove soap build-up on the wire coming from the die. The employee amputated the middle, ring, and pinky fingers on the right hand and the first digit of the index finger. Employee was hospitalized and released. The injury occurred on 1/3/15 at approximately 6:00 p.m.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Contact with objects and equipment, unspecified
code_source: title: Extruding, injecting, forming, molding machinery, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high