Incident date: 2018-03-26
NAICS industry code: 331420

On March 26, 2018, at approximately 11:35 a.m., an employee was moving wire through the rollers of a strander machine when the employee's glove was caught between the wire and roller. The employee's right ring finger was then pulled into the in-running nip point, resulting in a fingertip amputation.

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