Incident date: 2024-09-17
NAICS industry code: 326199

An employee was removing glass from the table of an automated glass cutter when his hand got caught in the gear/wheel. The employee suffered a laceration to his left index fingertip that resulted in a fingertip amputation. The machine was running at the time.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught, entangled in running powered equipment  normal operation
code_source: title: Other metal, wood, and special material machinery  n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
code_body: title: Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
severity: high