Incident date: 2025-03-13
NAICS industry code: 326220

An employee was loading a reel onto the reel lift to prepare for running the hose through the production line. He placed a spacer onto the reel and was holding it in place when the reel lift activated and his finger got caught between the spacer and the machine, causing an open fracture of the fingertip and a partial amputation.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught, entangled in running powered equipment  normal operation
code_source: title: Material and personnel handling machinery  unspecified
code_nature: title: Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
code_body: title: Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
severity: high