Incident date: 2024-10-14
NAICS industry code: 327999

An employee was bending metal with machinery. As they retrieved the bent metal from the machine, the machine was activated. Their left thumb was pulled into the machine, resulting in a fingertip amputation above the knuckle.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught, entangled in running powered equipment  normal operation
code_source: title: Bending, crimping machinery
code_nature: title: Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
code_body: title: Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
severity: high