Incident date: 2025-07-10
NAICS industry code: 337215

An employee was feeding scrap metal into a chipper when his right hand was squeezed against a metal component of the machine. He suffered an amputation to the right index finger at the second joint.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught, entangled in running powered equipment  normal operation
code_source: title: Trash compactors, shredders
code_nature: title: Amputations involving bone loss
code_body: title: Other finger(s)  n.e.c.
severity: high