Incident date: 2016-02-05
NAICS industry code: 336322

On February 05, 2016, at approximately 10:10 p.m., an employee removed a fixed safety guard to clear jammed material from the cutting machine. The cutting blade activated and amputated a finger and a thumb tip.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
code_source: title: Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, unspecified
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high