Incident date: 2018-11-23
NAICS industry code: 332311

An employee at Dean Steel Buildings, Inc., was operating a flashing machine to bend siding when the machine was activated via the foot pedal and pinched his right hand with the material he was bending. This resulted in a fourth finger amputation and a partial right middle fingertip amputation.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
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