Incident date: 2018-11-13
NAICS industry code: 326140

An employee was using an improvised bailing wire tool to retrieve a piece of scrap metal from the extruder. The tool got entangled in a moving part and was snatched from the employee's hand. The employee's right index fingertip was amputated.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
code_source: title: Extruding machinery
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high