Incident date: 2017-02-20
NAICS industry code: 333513

An employee was operating a buffer machine when his right hand was caught between the die and the rollers resulting in a crushing injury to the ring and pinky fingers. The employee was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
code_source: title: Honing, polishing, lapping machinery
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
severity: high