Incident date: 2015-04-14
NAICS industry code: 811121

On April 14, 2015, at approximately 3:30 p.m., an employee's left index finger was amputated while operating the frame straightening machine. The employee was lowering the machine with his left hand while holding a safety bar out of the way with his right hand.  The frame of the machine came down on his left hand, which was laying on/near the top of the foot pedal.

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