Incident date: 2019-04-30
NAICS industry code: 331521

An employee was attempting to remove a spur gear from a die casting machine. The spur gear slipped and caught his left finger resulting in amputation of the fingertip.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
code_source: title: Casting machinery
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high