Incident date: 2016-06-23
NAICS industry code: 326299

An employee was performing a die and pin change on an extruder line. The employee moved the automatic cutting machine away from the extruder. When the employee hand-fed material through the cutting machine, it cycled and amputated the right index and middle fingers.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
code_source: title: Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high