Incident date: 2022-03-14
NAICS industry code: 332911

An employee was preparing to splice a wire to a terminal using a benchtop pneumatic wire splicer. The splicer activated and lacerated the employee's left index finger. The pad of the fingertip was medically amputated.

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