Incident date: 2024-03-16
NAICS industry code: 332919

An employee was operating a spot welder when their finger was crushed between the striker and the welder head, resulting in an amputation.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught, entangled in running powered equipment  normal operation
code_source: title: Welding machinery
code_nature: title: Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
code_body: title: Other finger(s)  n.e.c.
severity: high