Incident date: 2015-08-14
NAICS industry code: 332420

An employee inserted an Allen key into the soft step adjuster of a lip groover to adjust the machine's tension. His left pinky finger was positioned near the machine shaft and shaft housing. The work cell was not de-energized at the time. As he was making the adjustment, the machine cycled, pulling the shaft into the housing and amputating approximately half of his left pinky finger.

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