Incident date: 2019-08-21
NAICS industry code: 311412

An employee was sliding a 30-pound rotor into a rotor block when his finger was caught in a nip point, resulting in an amputation of the right fourth digit (1/2 to 3/4 of an inch).

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
code_source: title: Machine and appliance parts, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high