Incident date: 2016-08-22
NAICS industry code: 332431

An employee was trying to prevent a machine guard from falling onto the product on the machine when his hand was caught in the machine's pulley system, amputating his right middle finger down to the first knuckle.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
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