Incident date: 2024-08-03
NAICS industry code: 332312

An employee was performing a head change on the bar turner machine when the pinch rolls closed and the bar lifted, pinching the injured employee's left index finger between the bar and the rest. The employee sustained a fingertip amputation.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by running powered equipment  during maintenance, cleaning, testing
code_source: title: Boring, planing, milling machinery  n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
code_body: title: Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
severity: high