Incident date: 2021-09-27
NAICS industry code: 321912

An employee was operating a molding machine when a board got jammed in the machine. The employee shut down the machine and was clearing the jam when his right hand contacted the still moving cutting blades resulting in an amputation.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
code_source: title: Boring, drilling, planing, milling machinery, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Hand(s), unspecified
severity: high