Incident date: 2021-02-24
NAICS industry code: 336399

An employee was operating a welding machine when an air-powered clamp block pinched the employee's fingers between the stationary and the moving clamp pieces, resulting in amputation of two fingertips on the left hand.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
code_source: title: Welding machinery
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high