Incident date: 2018-10-15
NAICS industry code: 332710

An employee was operating a horizontal broaching machine to cut two metal parts when his index finger was caught between the two parts, resulting in an amputation between the first and second knuckle.

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