Incident date: 2015-07-31
NAICS industry code: 336399

An employee was operating an auto-bend machine. She was inserting a piece of metal bar into the machine when her finger got caught in the machine. Her finger was smashed between the metal bar and the tubing, resulting in a right middle fingertip amputation.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
code_source: title: Bending, crimping machines
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high