Incident date: 2022-03-05
NAICS industry code: 332912

On March 5, 2022, an employee attempted to reposition a sleeve that was on a tube part of an end forming machine when a clamping mechanism closed and caught their right index finger, resulting in a fingertip amputation.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
code_source: title: Extruding, injecting, forming, molding machinery, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high