Incident date: 2024-06-11
NAICS industry code: 423840

An employee was performing set-up on a production machine and was placing the first set-up piece into the machine by hand. While rolling the machine over by hand with a handwheel, the set-up pin was struck by the machine's push rod causing the pin to push the employee's left finger into a collet, resulting in a partial fingertip amputation.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught or wedged between objects  nonrunning
code_source: title: Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery  unspecified
code_nature: title: Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
code_body: title: Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
severity: high