Incident date: 2020-01-08
NAICS industry code: 332912

An employee was clearing a sponge that had become stuck in a pneumatic bench-mounted launcher. The employee's hand got entangled in the machine's piston, causing a fingertip amputation.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
code_source: title: Machinery, unspecified
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high