Incident date: 2024-01-11
NAICS industry code: 332510

On January 11, 2024, an employee was troubleshooting a crimper machine's pulley system when their left hand was caught in the pulley system, resulting in cuts across multiple fingers and a left little fingertip amputation. The fingertip was surgically reattached.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by running powered equipment  during maintenance, cleaning, testing
code_source: title: Bending, crimping machinery
code_nature: title: Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
code_body: title: Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
severity: high