Incident date: 2025-04-07
NAICS industry code: 326211

An employee was freeing stuck rubber on a machine when the machine activated and the cutting blade amputated their right index, middle, and ring fingers to the second joint. The employee was hospitalized. The machine was guarded at the time.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by running powered equipment  during maintenance, cleaning, testing
code_source: title: Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery  unspecified
code_nature: title: Amputations involving bone loss
code_body: title: Other finger(s)  n.e.c.
severity: high