Incident date: 2016-01-07
NAICS industry code: 326211

An employee's pinky finger was amputated below the fingernail while the employee attempted to remove a defective spool on the creel wire machine. 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: Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high