Incident date: 2021-06-11
NAICS industry code: 332322

An employee was putting blanks from aluminum downspouts in a rollforming machine when a blade contacted their left thumb, resulting in a fingertip amputation. The machine was unguarded at the time of the incident.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
code_source: title: Rolling mills, rolling, calendering machinery
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high