Incident date: 2024-11-22
NAICS industry code: 331420

An employee was loading a copper sample into the pneumatic grips of the lab equipment when his right thumb was caught in the upper grip, resulting in a partial amputation.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught, entangled in running powered equipment  normal operation
code_source: title: Machinery  unspecified
code_nature: title: Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
code_body: title: Thumb(s)
severity: high