Incident date: 2024-02-20
NAICS industry code: 339999

A mechanic was assisting another employee to remove an accumulation of material from a machine. The mechanic shut down the machine and went to clear the material when his fingers were caught in the roller, resulting in amputations to his index, middle and ring fingers. The machine was not guarded at the time of the incident.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught or wedged between objects  nonrunning
code_source: title: Machinery  unspecified
code_nature: title: Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
code_body: title: Other finger(s)  n.e.c.
severity: high