Incident date: 2024-09-05
NAICS industry code: 339950

An employee was operating a notching machine when it came down on his finger, catching it in the machine's feeding area. The fingertip was crushed, resulting in a right index fingertip amputation. The machine was not locked out at the time.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught, entangled in running powered equipment  normal operation
code_source: title: Boring, reaming, routing, notching machinery
code_nature: title: Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
code_body: title: Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
severity: high