Incident date: 2019-04-08
NAICS industry code: 331210

An employee was tightening the bolts of a saw blade on a tube cutoff machine. The blade was turned, and the employee's wrench followed its movement. His left little finger was crushed between the wrench extension and the framework of the machine. The tip was amputated.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, unspecified
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high