Incident date: 2021-06-14
NAICS industry code: 332992

An employee was troubleshooting a slug cutter machine. The employee was wiping grease off of gears to inspect them when their fingertip got pulled through two gears. The fingertip was amputated at the nailbed.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
code_source: title: Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, unspecified
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high