Incident date: 2022-01-25
NAICS industry code: 332618

On January 25, 2022, an employee was operating a press welder. The employee was passing tooling through the welder when their left ring finger was pinched between bars on the welder. Three-quarters of the fingertip was amputated. The machine was unguarded at the time.

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