Incident date: 2023-07-12
NAICS industry code: 332215

An employee was servicing a transfer polishing machine. He was using a prybar to align a rail system when the prybar slipped and the equipment came down on his left hand. Their middle fingertip was amputated.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Grinding, polishing machinery, unspecified
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high