Incident date: 2022-11-16
NAICS industry code: 337110

An employee was setting up a hydraulic auto-clamp machine to clamp a door. While holding the corner piece with the left hand and maneuvering the clamp with the right joystick control, the machine closed. The employee's left index finger was pinched, resulting in amputation.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
code_source: title: Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high