Incident date: 2024-12-11
NAICS industry code: 311223

An employee was operating a cyclone machine and noticed cotton hanging under the machine. As the employee went to remove it, his right thumb contacted moving parts. The employee sustained an amputation of the right distal phalanx of the thumb.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught, entangled in running powered equipment  normal operation
code_source: title: Cleaning machinery, appliances  n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Amputations involving bone loss
code_body: title: Thumb(s)
severity: high