Incident date: 2016-12-13
NAICS industry code: 331210

An employee was removing rope from a pipe on a blast booth machine when the machine indexed to move the pipe. The employee's gloved hand became tangled in the rope, and the index fingertip was amputated between the pipe and the machine's roller.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
code_source: title: Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, unspecified
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high