Incident date: 2025-03-27
NAICS industry code: 335929

On March 27, 2025, an employee was stringing up a wire drawing machine when his right little finger became caught between the wire and the capstan wheel on the machine, resulting in a fingertip amputation.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught, entangled in running powered equipment  normal operation
code_source: title: Other metal, wood, and special material machinery  n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
code_body: title: Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
severity: high