Incident date: 2021-02-23
NAICS industry code: 331491

An employee was running 1/2-inch square bar solder into a chucker machine. As the employee was clearing a jam in the machine, it activated and caught the employee's left middle finger. The employee suffered an amputation at the tip/nail.

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