Incident date: 2023-02-13
NAICS industry code: 336120

An employee was performing manufacturing tasks when the product collapsed inside of the steel tube of a mandrel. The employee then began removing the defective product. While the employee manually rotated the mandrel, their left middle finger was pinched between the mandrel and the positioning saddle on the underside of the mandrel, resulting in a fingertip amputation.

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