Incident date: 2017-12-27
NAICS industry code: 332322

An employee was changing the tooling and setting up a spot welding machine when both of the employee's thumbs were crushed in the machine's point of operation. Both thumb tips were amputated.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Welding machinery
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high