Incident date: 2015-07-14
NAICS industry code: 339112

An employee was operating a fixture that punches a hole through a silicon tube.  She attempted to punch the tube again while holding the tube with her right index finger.  The employee then manually cycled the fixture to perform a punch and the right index finger interfered with the punch, amputating her right index fingertip.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
code_source: title: Punches-power not determined
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high