Incident date: 2025-06-13
NAICS industry code: 333992

The injured employee was placing a measuring tape on top of a baffle tester machine being operating by another employee. The machine cycled and the injured employee's right thumb got caught between the tester plate and the baffle tank, resulting in a partial amputation that required hospitalization.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught, entangled in running powered equipment  normal operation
code_source: title: Other product testing, inspecting, and diagnostic machinery
code_nature: title: Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
code_body: title: Thumb(s)
severity: high