Incident date: 2025-03-19
NAICS industry code: 332510

An employee was operating a clipper machine and contacted maintenance when they noticed the machine was not working properly. Maintenance worked on the machine. While verifying that the machine was fixed, the employee's left index finger was amputated above the first knuckle.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by running powered equipment  during maintenance, cleaning, testing
code_source: title: Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery  unspecified
code_nature: title: Amputations involving bone loss
code_body: title: Other finger(s)  n.e.c.
severity: high