Incident date: 2022-08-08
NAICS industry code: 238220

An employee was using a sheet metal coupler/bending machine, putting a groove into a piece of HVAC. The employee's left middle fingertip was caught by the machine and amputated by the swaging wheel.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
code_source: title: Bending, crimping machines
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high