Incident date: 2016-05-25
NAICS industry code: 423310

An employee was operating a pallet dismantler when he dropped a pull bar onto the dismantler table. As he attempted to retrieve the bar, his left hand contacted the blade, amputating his middle finger. The machine was running at the time of the incident.

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