Incident date: 2020-05-14
NAICS industry code: 423690

An employee was using a cable-cutting machine to cut wires. The wires got caught inside the machine, and the employee was trying to get them unstuck when the machine cycled and amputated the employee's middle and index fingertips. The machine was unguarded at the time.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
code_source: title: Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high