Incident date: 2018-02-13
NAICS industry code: 336350

An employee was working a welding machine and a part got stuck. The employee reached in with his right hand to loosen the part and braced himself on the machine with his left hand. When the part was loosened, the actuators engaged and clamped down on his left hand amputating the tip of his left middle 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: Fingertip(s)
severity: high