Incident date: 2019-07-29
NAICS industry code: 332312

A machine operator was loading metal strips into a folding machine when his left thumb was caught between the machine's two clamping arms. He suffered an amputation to the thumb without bone loss. The machine was guarded at the time.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
code_source: title: Bending, rolling, shaping machinery, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
severity: high