Incident date: 2025-06-11
NAICS industry code: 333992

An employee was setting up a machine to cut a new work order. He went to place a section of metal banding between a reel and a payoff assembly and his right index finger was caught between the reel spoke and the base of the payoff, causing a fingertip amputation. The machine was not guarded at the time.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by running powered equipment  during maintenance, cleaning, testing
code_source: title: Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery  unspecified
code_nature: title: Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
code_body: title: Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
severity: high