Incident date: 2024-05-25
NAICS industry code: 321219

An employee was removing a piece of material from a machine after a malfunction when the air lock amputated their right middle and ring fingertips. The machine was not locked out/tagged out at the time.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by running powered equipment  during maintenance, cleaning, testing
code_source: title: Machinery  unspecified
code_nature: title: Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
code_body: title: Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
severity: high