Incident date: 2016-04-07
NAICS industry code: 333411

A maintenance employee attempting to repair a machine's gate asked a coworker to trip the mechanism to start the machine. The coworker accidentally started the machine a second time, amputating the employee's right-hand middle and ring fingers between the platen and gate.

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