Incident date: 2018-07-20
NAICS industry code: 423510

Two employees were about to weld two steel coils together. An employee was lining up the two pieces so that a clamp could come down to hold them. The clamp came down while the employee's left hand was still under it; his thumb was smashed and the tip was amputated. He was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
code_source: title: Machinery, unspecified
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high