Incident date: 2019-09-06
NAICS industry code: 331318

An employee was fixing the layer wind of a covered cable on a wooden reel. The employee used his left hand to guide the cable onto the reel. The machine was activated while the employee's finger was under the cable that was under tension. The employee sustained a left middle finger amputation.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
code_source: title: Machinery, unspecified
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high