Incident date: 2017-04-20
NAICS industry code: 331316

An employee was replacing a broken bolt on a pneumatic cylinder of a 3,000 ton aluminum extrusion machine and amputated the right thumb at the first knuckle joint. The machine was guarded by distance with a guardrail system. The machine was running at the time.

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