Incident date: 2023-11-14
NAICS industry code: 327120

An employee was operating a brick crushing machine when their right ring finger was crushed by the machine, resulting in a fingertip amputation. The machine was guarded at the time of the incident.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
code_source: title: Compactors, crushers, pulverizers-earth, mineral
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high