Incident date: 2023-02-10
NAICS industry code: 327390

An employee was bending a 7-foot piece of rebar on a cutter/bender machine. While holding the long end of the rebar down, the employee's hand was caught between the moving rest and the rebar, resulting in a right index finger amputation at the first joint.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
code_source: title: Bending, rolling, shaping machinery, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high