Incident date: 2024-09-15
NAICS industry code: 336390

An employee was training another employee to use an inspection table. The other employee turned the inspection table via a foot pedal and the injured employee attempted to stop it from turning. The injured employee's right ring finger got caught in a pinch point, resulting in a partial amputation that was surgically reattached.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught, entangled in running powered equipment  normal operation
code_source: title: Other product testing, inspecting, and diagnostic machinery
code_nature: title: Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
code_body: title: Other finger(s)  n.e.c.
severity: high