Incident date: 2021-03-24
NAICS industry code: 339950

An employee was using a jointer to cut an acrylic piece. As he was reaching to adjust the wheel with his right hand, the machine was activated and its blades made contact with the fingers on his left hand. They amputated the top half of the index finger to the first distal knuckle, as well as severely lacerating the middle fingertip.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
code_source: title: Boring, drilling, planing, milling machinery, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high