Incident date: 2022-09-28
NAICS industry code: 332322

An employee was repairing a hole punching assembly. He used a small machinist hammer to free the boost cylinder, then lubricated the shaft and tested the cylinder. As he was retrieving the machinist hammer at the base of the punch, the roll forming machine activated and the punch struck his right ring finger. He suffered a fingertip amputation.

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