Incident date: 2020-04-27
NAICS industry code: 332618

An employee was using an industrial sewing machine to make slings. The presser foot rose while the employee's finger was in the path of the metal channel, and the employee's left middle finger was amputated.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
code_source: title: Sewing, stitching machinery
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high