Incident date: 2019-09-11
NAICS industry code: 326191

An employee was fusing a pipe into a fusion machine when his finger was caught in the clamping mechanism of the machine, resulting in a right middle finger amputation.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
code_source: title: Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, unspecified
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high