Incident date: 2020-05-26
NAICS industry code: 331221

An employee was positioning the end of a coil into the butt welder machine. As the employee pressed the foot pedal to close the pneumatic clamp his right index finger was caught in the clamp and amputated at 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