Incident date: 2022-10-08
NAICS industry code: 326122

An employee was helping to change a pipe clamp on a machine. Power was applied to the machine, and a pneumatic cylinder clamp was jogged forward. The employee's finger was caught between two blocks propelled by the clamp, causing an amputation to the finger.

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: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
severity: high