Incident date: 2016-10-06
NAICS industry code: 325510

An employee was adjusting the blade on a horizontal coating machine when the spring popped off. The employee and a coworker tried to fix the machine by holding up the blade and reattaching the spring. The spring then partially amputated the employee's finger in a pinch point.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Painting, priming, metal coating machinery
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
severity: high