Incident date: 2023-06-29
NAICS industry code: 332999

An employee was replacing a broken punch pin on an assembly machine. While installing the punch pin plunger, the machine was jogged, causing the employee's fingertip to become pinched between the wedge block and the roller. Their left middle finger was amputated above the first joint.

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