Incident date: 2019-01-10
NAICS industry code: 333415

On January 10, 2019, an employee was helping in the operation of a sheet metal slitting machine and was operating a sheet metal re-coiling machine. He was trying to tighten up the sheet metal coil before banding it. As the coil turned, his right pinky finger was caught in a pinch point between the coil and the tensioning bar of the re-coiler. The finger was cut about halfway through and was later surgically amputated just below the first knuckle.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
code_source: title: Material and personnel handling machinery, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high