Incident date: 2019-07-22
NAICS industry code: 336399

On July 22, 2019, an employee was hand feeding metal rods into the chute of a welding machine when her right ring finger was caught by a clamping device and the fingertip was amputated.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
code_source: title: Welding machinery
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high