Incident date: 2024-07-31
NAICS industry code: 492110

An employee was using an ultrasonic welding machine to make filters when the anvil came down and pinned her left index finger against a metal bar. The employee sustained a severe laceration to the finger and probable nerve damage requiring surgery. The employee was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught, entangled in running powered equipment  normal operation
code_source: title: Welding machinery
code_nature: title: Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures
code_body: title: Other finger(s)  n.e.c.
severity: moderate