Incident date: 2016-02-03
NAICS industry code: 337215

A temporary employee was operating an automatic welder and attempted to clean the weld heads while the machine was still in operation.  The left ring finger was amputated to the first knuckle and the left pinky fingertip was also amputated.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
code_source: title: Welding machinery
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high