Incident date: 2017-09-18
NAICS industry code: 339999

An employee was watching the operation of a shuttle machine when parts jammed and fell beside the machine's rail. He was attempting to remove the parts when the machine cycled. The clamp then caught and amputated the first digit of his right middle finger.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
code_source: title: Machinery, unspecified
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high