Incident date: 2024-05-31
NAICS industry code: 332116

On May 31, 2024, an employee was loading a program and fixture into an automated welding work cell. While loading test parts in the machine, a pneumatic cylinder engaged and severed his right index fingertip.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by running powered equipment  unspecified
code_source: title: Welding machinery
code_nature: title: Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
code_body: title: Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
severity: high