Incident date: 2021-03-01
NAICS industry code: 332999

An employee was operating a lip weld robot. When the robot began to cycle, a shim fell off the lug. As he was retrieving the shim, the robot cycled and pinched his left index finger between the lip plate and the lug. He suffered an amputation to the finger.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
code_source: title: Welding machinery
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
severity: high