Incident date: 2022-02-24
NAICS industry code: 332312

An employee was clamping a part into position to weld it using a resistance welder. The welder activated and welded the end of her index finger into a metal part. She was hospitalized, requiring surgery to repair the nailbed.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
code_source: title: Welding machinery
code_nature: title: Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
severity: moderate