Incident date: 2019-11-13
NAICS industry code: 331222

An employee was checking a wire for scratches on a block machine wheel when the employee's right hand was caught in the wheel behind the block, resulting in a middle finger 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: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high