Incident date: 2024-09-06
NAICS industry code: 331110

An employee was blowing metal chips out of a machine with compressed air from a wand when their hand became caught under a hydraulic clamp. The employee sustained degloving injuries to their little finger and palm.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by running powered equipment  during maintenance, cleaning, testing
code_source: title: Machinery  unspecified
code_nature: title: Avulsions, enucleations without bone loss
code_body: title: Hand(s) and finger(s)
severity: moderate