Incident date: 2019-02-14
NAICS industry code: 332439

An employee was operating a curl and bead machine and attempting to adjust a part that had dislodged from the machine when his right index finger was caught between a pail and the machine resulting in a fingertip amputation. The machine was guarded at the time.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
code_source: title: Bending, rolling, shaping machinery, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high