Incident date: 2023-08-21
NAICS industry code: 333111

An employee was adjusting misaligned parts at the base of a welding robot when their finger was caught between the robot and a collet. The employee's right ring finger was amputated at the first knuckle.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
code_source: title: Welding machinery
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high