Incident date: 2024-10-23
NAICS industry code: 331221

An employee was assisting with banding a steel coil and became caught between strapping and the coil as it was being tensioned. The employee sustained a left index finger amputation.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught or wedged between objects  nonrunning
code_source: title: Reels, rolls, spools, coils
code_nature: title: Amputations involving bone loss
code_body: title: Other finger(s)  n.e.c.
severity: high