Incident date: 2018-05-10
NAICS industry code: 335991

An employee was holding a piece of looped carbon fiber thread when his left index finger became tangled in the loop as it was entering a pre-carbonizer. As he removed his finger from the loop, his left index finger was amputated.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Entangled in other object or equipment
code_source: title: Parts and materials, unspecified
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high