Incident date: 2022-01-07
NAICS industry code: 335311

An employee was hooking a welder gun into a feeding wire. The feeder caught the employee's right thumb, which was amputated. The employee was hospitalized.

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