Incident date: 2022-10-03
NAICS industry code: 333415

The injured employee was inserting a rod into the expander machine in order to build a new coil. The injured employee asked employee 2 to operate the machine while they inserted the rod. While employee 2 was lowering the header guide, the injured employee was leaning against the back plate. The injured employee's hand was crushed between the header and back plate, resulting in a partial amputation to his left index and middle fingers.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
code_source: title: Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, unspecified
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
severity: high