Incident date: 2017-08-04
NAICS industry code: 333415

An employee was operating a wire shelf welding machine when the machine dropped a crossbar in a crooked position. As he was attempting to correct the crossbar's placement, a press mechanism inside the machine came down on his left middle finger, amputating it from the fingertip to the first knuckle.

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