Incident date: 2021-06-21
NAICS industry code: 313230

A temporary employee was trying to help pull a jammed pad through a pad cutter. The cut button was pressed while the employee's thumb was in the path of the blade, which partially amputated the thumb.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
code_source: title: Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, unspecified
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
severity: high