Incident date: 2022-12-19
NAICS industry code: 332618

An employee was conducting start-up procedures for a fine wire drawing machine when the steel wire began to coil inside the machine. The employee went to clear the wire when their finger contacted rotating parts, resulting in a fingertip amputation.

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