Incident date: 2022-09-23
NAICS industry code: 326113

An employee was working with an automatic sheeting machine. The material was not feeding properly into the machine. The employee was trying to grab the material and pull it through when a blade in the machine amputated the tip of her left thumb above the knuckle, also cutting her left index finger.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
code_source: title: Special process machinery, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high