Incident date: 2024-11-27
NAICS industry code: 333415

On November 27, 2024, an employee was crimping a 4 x 21-inch light-gauge steel sheet tube. She was clearing a jam when the foot pedal was pressed and the machine cycled, crushing her right index and middle fingertips between the crimper and the metal tube.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by running powered equipment  during maintenance, cleaning, testing
code_source: title: Bending, crimping machinery
code_nature: title: Nonfatal 'crushing' injuries
code_body: title: Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
severity: moderate