Incident date: 2019-01-10
NAICS industry code: 334416

An employee was looping coil on a machine when one of the wires came out of alignment and he moved it back in place. His hand was in the path of the loop when the machine was activated via the foot pedal, causing the loop bar to turn and amputate his right middle fingertip.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
code_source: title: Machinery, unspecified
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high