Incident date: 2024-02-01
NAICS industry code: 922140

An employee was operating a snap machine. The machine activated while his left index finger was between its upper press fixture and the lower die holder, and he suffered a skin avulsion with bone damage. He underwent a medical amputation of a portion of the left index finger.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught, entangled in running powered equipment  normal operation
code_source: title: Textile, apparel, leather production machinery  n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Amputations involving bone loss
code_body: title: Other finger(s)  n.e.c.
severity: high