Incident date: 2021-07-26
NAICS industry code: 336212

An employee was operating an automated drill and rivet machine and was getting the machine lined up against the crossmember on the trailer side. As the employee was feeling for the crossmember, the machine cycled and the stability bar engaged, resulting in amputation of their index fingertip. The machine was guarded at the time of the incident.

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