Incident date: 2022-04-12
NAICS industry code: 331110

An employee was operating a mesh cutting machine. A piece of mesh was rolling out of the machine and started to coil onto itself rather than coming out as a flat section. The employee was working to straighten the material to prevent it from jamming the machine when the machine amputated their middle finger between the fingernail and knuckle.

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