Incident date: 2024-11-06
NAICS industry code: 423510

An employee was brushing something off a metal coil at the recoiler of a slitter machine. His glove was caught and pulled into a coil separator, and the separator disk amputated his right little finger. The machine was unguarded at the time.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by running powered equipment  during maintenance, cleaning, testing
code_source: title: Bending, rolling, shaping, stamping machinery  n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Amputations involving bone loss
code_body: title: Other finger(s)  n.e.c.
severity: high