Incident date: 2016-04-25
NAICS industry code: 313210

While operating a carding machine, an employee attempted to clean the card. The machine caught his finger, amputating it just below the fingernail.

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