Incident date: 2016-08-23
NAICS industry code: 331421

An employee was changing spools on a wire drawing machine when his right thumb was caught between the lift structure and a spacer block, amputating the thumb tip (no bone loss).

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery, unspecified
code_source: title: Extruding, injecting, forming, molding machinery, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high