Incident date: 2023-03-11
NAICS industry code: 332312

An employee was on the sorter to modify airlines. The photo-eye was activated and the lumber arm dropped down a few inches. As the wood dropped, the employee went to catch himself and grabbed a horizontal cable which then moved, pulling their hand into the spool. His left index fingertip was amputated.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery, unspecified
code_source: title: Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, unspecified
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high