Incident date: 2017-06-12
NAICS industry code: 333922

An employee was using a hydraulic clamp to clamp a part into an automated saw machine when the hydraulic clamp moved horizontally and pinched/crushed the employee's left thumb between the clamp and some metal parts, amputating the tip.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
code_source: title: Sawing machinery-stationary, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high