Incident date: 2017-10-03
NAICS industry code: 313312

An employee was changing the yarn on a flat bed knitting machine when his body hit the start-up bar, causing the carriage to quickly move and amputate his left thumb.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
code_source: title: Knitting machinery
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high