Incident date: 2015-12-28
NAICS industry code: 335932

On December 28, 2015 at 21:45 an employee shut down a production machine to clear a jam. The employee's left thumb was in a pinch point when a spring released pinching the employee's thumb and causing an avulsion and broken bone. The tip of the thumb was later partially amputated.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Machinery, unspecified
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
severity: high