Incident date: 2022-01-10
NAICS industry code: 335313

An employee was working on a cleaning machine in a molding department. The cleaning machine became blocked with flash material. The employee stopped it and was reaching in to clear the obstruction when the blast wheel contacted the employee's hand. The employee underwent a partial medical amputation to the index finger.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
code_source: title: Washers, dryers, and cleaning machinery and appliances, unspecified
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
severity: high