Incident date: 2018-09-29
NAICS industry code: 321992

An employee was framing a floor and attempted to push the floor assembly unit using a piece of wood at the end of a pusher. When the employee actuated the pusher, the employee's left hand was caught between the floor frame and the piece of lumber at the end of the pusher, resulting in an index fingertip amputation.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
code_source: title: Product assembly machinery, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high