Incident date: 2023-10-03
NAICS industry code: 333318

An employee was coping a 1-inch section of aluminum when their hand slipped and their right middle finger struck the coping mechanism of the coping machine. The fingertip was partially amputated above the last joint.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
code_source: title: Boring, routing, notching machines
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high