Incident date: 2022-10-06
NAICS industry code: 333999

An employee was feeding material into an automated heat shrink tube cutter. As the material became too short to cut, it got stuck at the exit point between the roller feeder and the blade. The employee was trying to free the stuck material when the machine cycled; its blade amputated the tip of his right index finger.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
code_source: title: Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high