Incident date: 2024-07-10
NAICS industry code: 332119

An employee was putting a screw into position on a production part to weld with a spot welder. The spot welder tip crushed the employee's left thumb tip against the part and the injury required surgery.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught, entangled in running powered equipment  normal operation
code_source: title: Welding machinery
code_nature: title: Nonfatal 'crushing' injuries
code_body: title: Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
severity: moderate