Incident date: 2023-06-15
NAICS industry code: 333415

An employee was feeding copper tubing into a bender for the HVAC manufacturing process. The bender pulled the tube in and pinched the employee s hand in the clamp that grabs the tube, resulting in a left middle fingertip amputation.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
code_source: title: Bending, crimping machines
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high