Incident date: 2020-02-18
NAICS industry code: 316211

An employee was operating a leather machine to trim excess leather off a shoe when the machine became jammed. While the employee was trying to remove the leather, the machine gears struck the employee's hand, resulting in an amputation of the right index finger.

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