Incident date: 2018-07-19
NAICS industry code: 331221

On July 19, 2018, an employee was operating a rebar bender. While attempting to correct a previous bend, the rebar bent back around itself and pinched the employee's finger resulting in a laceration requiring three stitches and a partial amputation.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
code_source: title: Bending, crimping machines
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
severity: high