Incident date: 2024-02-09
NAICS industry code: 423130

An employee was making beads on a machine when the center bead wire did not seat properly in the machine. The bead wire struck the employee's left hand, resulting in an open displaced fracture of the middle phalanx of the ring finger that required surgery.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught, entangled in running powered equipment  normal operation
code_source: title: Other special process machinery  n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Other finger(s)  n.e.c.
severity: moderate