Incident date: 2015-09-03
NAICS industry code: 326199

An employee activated a pneumatic holding mechanism by foot pedal while placing a plastic door on a machine. The clamp pinched the employee's right middle finger between the clamp and the plastic door. When the employee pulled their finger out, the right middle finger nail and skin were removed.

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