Incident date: 2015-11-09
NAICS industry code: 326113

An employee was inspecting an extruder machine before starting production. He slipped and attempted to steady himself with his hand. His left-hand middle finger slipped into a 2-inch opening of the pneumatic "vent stuffer," amputating the fingertip.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Extruding machinery
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high