Incident date: 2020-07-06
NAICS industry code: 316210

An employee had been using a trimming machine with a 1-inch-diameter radial blade to trim off excess leather shoe material. While he was moving a case of finished trimmed work, the blade nipped his left middle and ring fingers, causing partial amputations.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
code_source: title: Textile, apparel, leather production machinery, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
severity: high