Incident date: 2015-05-21
NAICS industry code: 332992

An employee was operating an ammunition loading machine. One cartridge did not have a bullet seated in the opening, so he reached into the opening to remove the faulty cartridge. His finger got caught by the transfer bar (feeding mechanism).

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