Incident date: 2017-07-05
NAICS industry code: 331315

An employee was wiping shavings from the blade of a chopper machine when the chopper amputated his pinky finger and the tip of his ring finger. The machine was active at the time of the incident.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
code_source: title: Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high