Incident date: 2015-06-11
NAICS industry code: 238160

On or about 6/11/2015, at 8:55 a.m., an employee working with a roof cutter attempted to seal a hole that was located on the inside panel of the machine. The employee reached into the machine and his glove got caught in the blade, amputating his ring fingertip and lacerating his middle finger. The machine was running at the time of the incident.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
code_source: title: Construction, logging, and mining machinery, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high