Incident date: 2018-11-01
NAICS industry code: 336399

On November 1, 2018, at 10:05 p.m., an employee in a lab was using a filter leak checker when his left index finger was caught between the bottom of the filter and the metal base of the machine, resulting in the removal of his fingernail and amputation of his fingertip.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
code_source: title: Machinery, unspecified
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high