Incident date: 2024-02-29
NAICS industry code: 333999

An employee was operating a CNC laser welding machine when their left ring fingertip was crushed between a part in the machine and a ram moving toward the machine to support the part. This resulted in surgical amputation of the fingertip.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught, entangled in running powered equipment  normal operation
code_source: title: Welding machinery
code_nature: title: Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
code_body: title: Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
severity: high