Incident date: 2017-01-10
NAICS industry code: 423320

An employee was placing rebar into the bending machine and amputated the right index fingertip when the machine was activated. The machine was not guarded at the time of the incident.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
code_source: title: Bending, crimping machines
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: moderate