Incident date: 2025-02-14
NAICS industry code: 315280

An employee was operating a resistance welder when it jammed. The employee was working to unjam the welder at the top ram when the ram retracted, causing amputations to two fingertips.

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