Incident date: 2024-08-26
NAICS industry code: 331110

An employee was working at the strip metal processing machine (wet (oil) process). The employee used a rag in their right hand to clean a roller and three fingers were caught in a nip point, resulting in amputation of their right thumb tip as well as their index and middle fingertips. The machine was not guarded and running at the time.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by running powered equipment  during maintenance, cleaning, testing
code_source: title: Industrial surfacing and finishing machinery  n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
code_body: title: Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
severity: high