Incident date: 2016-06-18
NAICS industry code: 541380

An employee was lowering a lid to a machine when he tried to quickly remove a tool that had been left inside the machine. The lid then smashed two of his fingers on his left hand. His middle and ring fingertips were surgically amputated.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Compactors, crushers, pulverizers-earth, mineral
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high