Incident date: 2023-07-19
NAICS industry code: 493110

An employee was producing rebar stirrups using an automatic bending machine. There was a tangle on the rebar coil that caused the rebar to retract and pull the employee's hand into the machine, resulting in a right ring fingertip amputation.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
code_source: title: Bending, crimping machines
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high