Incident date: 2018-06-16
NAICS industry code: 327211

An employee was cleaning debris from a charging machine with a rod that had a spade on the end of it when his left thumb was caught between the shield on the rod and the charging machine. His left thumb tip was amputated.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
code_source: title: Handtools-power not determined, unspecified
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high