Incident date: 2015-05-13
NAICS industry code: 311999

An employee changing a "barrel" on an extruder machine received a crushing injury to his right index finger. Part of the finger was surgically removed due to the extent of the injury.

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