Incident date: 2019-12-05
NAICS industry code: 326220

An employee was running an extrusion line in the manufacturing of a hydraulic hose. In the process of finishing a run, the employee attempted to separate the hose from a reel that was attached with string. The employee's left index finger was inadvertently tangled in the string, which tightened around the employee's fingertip. As a result, the skin and nail was removed from the fingertip.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Entangled in other object or equipment
code_source: title: Rope, twine, string
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high