Incident date: 2019-03-11
NAICS industry code: 332999

On March 11, 2019, an employee was checking a jet nut on a roll forming machine. The nut and its shaft rotated, and his right ring finger was pinched between his Allen wrench and a guide rail within the machine. The fingertip was amputated. The machine was not locked out at the time.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
code_source: title: Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, unspecified
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high