Incident date: 2024-12-09
NAICS industry code: 332618

An employee was operating a resistance welder. The welder was activated while her finger was between its electrodes, resulting in a partial amputation to her fingertip.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught, entangled in running powered equipment  normal operation
code_source: title: Welding machinery
code_nature: title: Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
code_body: title: Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
severity: high