Incident date: 2024-09-03
NAICS industry code: 332119

An employee was operating a "structure leveler" machine with rollers that flattens expanded metal when their glove became caught in the expanded metal and their hand was pulled into the point of operation. The employee sustained a right hand amputation. The machine was guarded at the time.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught, entangled in running powered equipment  normal operation
code_source: title: Bending, rolling, shaping, stamping machinery  unspecified
code_nature: title: Amputations involving bone loss
code_body: title: Hand(s) and finger(s)
severity: high