Incident date: 2015-04-23
NAICS industry code: 326199

An employee received an amputation while working on the Komatsu machine.  The employee placed his hand under a guard and the machine activated, causing the thread roller to come down on the employee's hand.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
code_source: title: Machinery, unspecified
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Hand(s), unspecified
severity: high