Incident date: 2024-12-11
NAICS industry code: 336370

An employee was operating a stationary projection welder when a nut misfed onto the part. The employee went to move the misfed nut. The ram on the welder actuated and the employee's left index finger was pinched between the ram and the electrode. The finger was amputated to the first knuckle.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by running powered equipment  during maintenance, cleaning, testing
code_source: title: Welding machinery
code_nature: title: Amputations involving bone loss
code_body: title: Other finger(s)  n.e.c.
severity: high