Incident date: 2019-08-14
NAICS industry code: 423510

At 3:10 p.m. on August 14, 2019, an employee was clamping parts into a fixture to prepare them for spot-welding. The spot-welding machine activated while his hand was in the point of operation and the electrode amputated his right index fingertip.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
code_source: title: Welding machinery
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high