Incident date: 2022-06-24
NAICS industry code: 331221

A machine operator was cutting metal coils. He had reached in to fix an issue and was pulling a piece back when his right middle and ring fingers were crushed between the side wall and the disc separator. Both fingertips were amputated.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
code_source: title: Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, unspecified
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high