Incident date: 2022-12-13
NAICS industry code: 332996

An employee's hand was resting on a pipe bender machine when it activated, causing the clamping die to pinch their right ring finger, resulting in amputation at the first knuckle.

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