Incident date: 2018-08-06
NAICS industry code: 332322

A temporary employee was assisting a coworker on a metal folder. His hands were inside the folder when the machine's foot pedal was activated. The folder clamps then crushed his hands, degloving his fingertips and resulting in the surgical amputation of two fingers.

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