Incident date: 2020-05-27
NAICS industry code: 327390

An employee was trying to sharpen the blade of a guillotine at the end of a plastic extruder line. The blade cycled down and cut off the tips of his left middle and ring fingers.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
code_source: title: Extruding machinery
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high