Incident date: 2016-09-17
NAICS industry code: 331210

An employee was using a bender machine to bend 4x45x36 conduit elbows. As he went to remove an elbow from the bender, the bender's rear clamp closed, pinching and amputated fingers on his right hand.

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