Incident date: 2022-09-15
NAICS industry code: 321911

An employee was setting up a moulding machine when their right hand contacted the rotating cutting head of the bottom planer, resulting in amputations to their right ring and middle fingers. The machine was not locked out or de-energized for the setup tasks and was not guarded at the time of the incident.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Boring, drilling, planing, milling machinery, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
severity: high