Incident date: 2015-10-27
NAICS industry code: 561311

An employee was feeding wire into a stripping machine that removes plastic from the wire when his fingers were pulled into the machine.  His fingers were crushed and severely cut. His left index finger was amputated between the first knuckle and the fingertip.

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