Incident date: 2024-12-06
NAICS industry code: 323111

An employee was teaching other employees how to pull a machine's shaft manually. With the machine turned off, the employee manually released air from the shaft. The shaft was pulled from the other end, and a finger on the employee's right hand was caught between the shaft and the core. The finger was lacerated and partially amputated.

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