Incident date: 2023-05-10
NAICS industry code: 332710

An employee was feeding a 12-foot brass bar into a multi-spindle screw machine and moving a lever to release the pusher when his thumb became caught in the machine. The employee's left thumb was partially amputated.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
code_source: title: Metalworking lathes
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
severity: high