Incident date: 2024-10-08
NAICS industry code: 313240

On October 8, 2024, an employee was removing fabric fuzz from a hold-down plate using tweezers when their right index finger was was caught in a pinch point. The employee was hospitalized and their right index fingertip was amputated below the fingernail.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by running powered equipment  during maintenance, cleaning, testing
code_source: title: Machinery  unspecified
code_nature: title: Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
code_body: title: Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
severity: high