Incident date: 2023-11-07
NAICS industry code: 332312

An employee was cleaning tips on a spot welder. He replaced the top tip and was adjusting the bottom tip when he stepped forward and caught the corner of the pedal. His right index finger was then pinched between the spot welder tips and the fingertip was amputated.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
code_source: title: Welding machinery
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high