Incident date: 2018-08-13
NAICS industry code: 332999

A temporary employee was supporting an approximately 20-foot-long rotating reaming device that was being run through heat exchanger baffle plates when his gloved hand contacted the rotating reamer at high speed. The reamer rotated his right middle finger, resulting in an amputation.

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