Incident date: 2022-04-13
NAICS industry code: 331222

An employee was attempting to load a spool into a machine. He was trying to align the drive lugs with his left hand, working the controls with his right hand, when the machine caught his left glove. His thumb was pulled into the arbor housing. The tip of the thumb was amputated.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
code_source: title: Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high