Incident date: 2017-12-12
NAICS industry code: 423510

On 12/12/2017, an employee was attempting to remove a cut part that had tipped up on the end of a plasma cutting machine when the machine moved unexpectedly and caught his right hand between the part and a gantry. His index and middle fingers were partially amputated.

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: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
severity: high