Incident date: 2016-02-18
NAICS industry code: 314110

An employee was replacing the backing core of a tufting machine with a new primary backing when her right finger was caught between the backing jack and the backing core of the machine. Her right-hand middle fingertip was amputated.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
code_source: title: Special process machinery, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high