Incident date: 2022-10-17
NAICS industry code: 238120

On October 17, 2022, an employee was using a rebar cutting machine to cut a piece of rebar. The jamming block, which holds the rebar in place during the cutting process, crushed the employee's left index finger and lacerated their left middle finger.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
code_source: title: Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Crushing injuries
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
severity: moderate