Incident date: 2023-10-12
NAICS industry code: 327993

On October 12, 2023, an employee was investigating a possible water leak when their glove was caught in the gears of the glass marble machine, resulting in amputation of the left little finger at the second knuckle. The machine was not guarded at the time.

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