Incident date: 2019-04-17
NAICS industry code: 331221

An employee was inspecting a metal bar that had come out of a straightener machine when a second metal bar was sent out of the machine, causing the employee's finger to become caught between a metal bar and the table. The employee's right ring finger was amputated at the first knuckle.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Bending, rolling, shaping machinery, unspecified
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high