Incident date: 2016-01-06
NAICS industry code: 332722

On January 6, 2016, an employee was operating a cold header machine when a mobile welding cart became entangled with the coil wire being fed into the machine. The employee accidentally grabbed the wire, which began to advance in speed, and the employee's hand was pulled into the draw box. The employee's right ring finger was amputated.

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: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high