Incident date: 2017-06-06
NAICS industry code: 333924

An employee was attempting to adjust transfer vice clamps while a hydraulic cylinder was in the process of transferring when his right pinky finger was caught between the actuator blocks and amputated to the first joint. The cylinder was unguarded at the time.

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