Incident date: 2018-06-27
NAICS industry code: 326220

An employee was attempting to retrieve a piece of rubber from a guillotine cutting machine when the machine was actuated. The guillotine blade then dropped from its housing and amputated the employee's left hand at its midpoint, severing four fingers and half of the thumb.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
code_source: title: Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Hand(s) and finger(s)
severity: high