Incident date: 2017-10-11
NAICS industry code: 327390

An employee was helping a machine operator with a changeover on a side frame welder, which forms a J- or U-shaped wire and welds it onto two other wires. The wire was caught in a groove, and the machine was turned off to fix the wire. The employee's left middle finger was caught in a leg wire and pushed up into a support bracket, amputating it close to the base of his fingernail. His left index finger was lacerated.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Welding machinery
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high