Incident date: 2018-10-13
NAICS industry code: 326199

An employee was trying to cut yarn from a shaft twister machine when his glove was caught on the rotating shaft, resulting in a left thumb amputation to the first joint. The machine was unguarded and not locked/tagged out at the time of the incident.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
code_source: title: Special process machinery, unspecified
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high