Incident date: 2023-06-29
NAICS industry code: 332618

An employee was cutting a cable on the chop cut machine when a piece of cable became stuck in the grippers. The employee went to remove the cable when the cutter came down and amputated their right index fingertip.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
code_source: title: Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high