Incident date: 2019-05-08
NAICS industry code: 423830

An employee was bending rebar on a fabrication/bending machine when his right pinky finger was caught between the two ends of a piece of rebar as the ends overlapped to form a circle. The employee's fingertip was amputated.

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