Incident date: 2019-04-16
NAICS industry code: 332710

Three employees were working on a welding positioner. One of them was installing a belt when it caught their finger, injuring the finger and necessitating a partial amputation during surgery. The machine was not guarded at the time.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
code_source: title: Welding machinery
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
severity: high