Incident date: 2024-06-06
NAICS industry code: 335999

An employee was using a wire pulling machine to feed wire into a building. The wire got tangled and the employee attempted to straighten the rope. His finger became caught in unguarded moving parts. The employee sustained a severe laceration that resulted in a medical amputation.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by running powered equipment  during maintenance, cleaning, testing
code_source: title: Other material and personnel handling machinery  n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
code_body: title: Other finger(s)  n.e.c.
severity: high