Incident date: 2025-07-26
NAICS industry code: 333249

On July 26, 2025, an employee was assembling a custom-designed automation line. During troubleshooting, he made contact with a photoelectric sensor that was part of the machine s part detection system. This triggered a small pneumatic crimping cylinder, which activated and came down on the tip of his right thumb, resulting in a partial amputation without bone loss.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by running powered equipment  during maintenance, cleaning, testing
code_source: title: Other miscellaneous machinery  n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Avulsions, enucleations without bone loss
code_body: title: Thumb(s)
severity: high