Incident date: 2020-02-16
NAICS industry code: 332999

An employee was using a tube squaring machine to cut tubes. The employee had turned off the machine in order to tighten the clamping shell. The machine had not come to a full stop as the employee moved his right hand into position to turn the tensioning screw. While turning the tensioning screw, the employee s right hand slipped and his right ring finger contacted the square tube blade resulting in a fingertip amputation without bone loss.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
code_source: title: Boring, drilling, planing, milling machinery, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high