Incident date: 2019-08-19
NAICS industry code: 331524

An employee was cleaning debris around a core machine. The employee kneeled down and placed their left hand on a support bar. The machine cycled and the employee's left middle finger was amputated to the first knuckle.

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