Incident date: 2023-03-21
NAICS industry code: 332312

An employee was flattening tilt hoods in a flattener. His left ring finger was in a hole in the part to position the part to feed into the tilt hood machine. While pushing the part through, his left ring finger was amputated at the first joint.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
code_source: title: Bending, rolling, shaping machinery, unspecified
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high