Incident date: 2022-10-03
NAICS industry code: 326199

An employee was loading an extruder machine that made string for string trimmers. The line ran through the machine on rollers. It became tangled in the machine; while trying to untangle it, the employee suffered an amputation to the left ring finger at the last knuckle, as well as a lacerated left middle finger.

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