Incident date: 2019-06-18
NAICS industry code: 332710

On June 18, 2019, an employee was attempting to retrieve a dropped pin from the inside of a pin-sitter machine when the machine was activated via the foot pedal. The machine then caused a finger amputation, requiring surgery.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
code_source: title: Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, unspecified
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
severity: high