Incident date: 2015-05-29
NAICS industry code: 336111

An employee was working on the bubble-leak tester machine. The employee placed a part inside the machine and engaged it. The machine lowered the part into a water bath and then raised it. As the part lifted, it smashed the employee's middle finger, resulting in an amputation. The machine was not guarded at the time.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery, unspecified
code_source: title: Product testing, inspecting, and diagnostic machinery, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high