Incident date: 2025-08-20
NAICS industry code: 311412

An employee was repositioning a rare-earth magnet from a parts table for a kettle when their right thumb was caught between two rare-earth magnets. The employee's thumb tip was partially amputated.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught or wedged between objects  nonrunning
code_source: title: Hooks, shackles, magnets, clamshells
code_nature: title: Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
code_body: title: Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
severity: high