Incident date: 2016-04-21
NAICS industry code: 238210

An employee was threading some 3-inch conduit when he identified burrs that needed removal.  He was using his channel locks to get rid of the burrs when the channel locks grabbed and pulled his left hand into the machine. The fingertip of his left pinky finger was surgically amputated above the fingernail.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
code_source: title: Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, unspecified
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high