Incident date: 2017-10-26
NAICS industry code: 423840

An employee was performing routine maintenance on a header machine when his left-hand fingers entered a hole in the machine. The machine arm then fell on his left-hand fingers, amputating the index finger.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
code_source: title: Extruding, injecting, forming, molding machinery, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high