Incident date: 2018-07-25
NAICS industry code: 336370

An employee was helping to adjust the alignment of a pneumatic cutter. The employee's right index finger was pinched between the cutter's cylinder and a spacer block attachment amputating  two joints of the finger.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, unspecified
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high