Incident date: 2015-09-30
NAICS industry code: 325220

An employee was operating a lapper machine when its vacuum hose clogged. He turned the machine off, opened the doors, and attempted to unclog it. His hand got caught in the machine and was crushed, resulting in a hand amputation.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
code_source: title: Honing, polishing, lapping machinery
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Hand(s), unspecified
severity: high