Incident date: 2021-02-16
NAICS industry code: 326291

An employee used a scrap piece of rubber to remove a piece of rubber that was caught in the blades at the cutting table. The scrap rubber slipped and the employee's left hand contacted the blade resulting in amputation of the middle finger between the middle and top knuckles.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
code_source: title: Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, unspecified
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high