Incident date: 2016-08-01
NAICS industry code: 561320

An employee was bending rebar when the rebar-bending table he was working at activated while his finger was in the danger area. His left pinky finger was pinched between the machine and the metal rebar, amputating it at the first knuckle.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
code_source: title: Bending, crimping machines
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high