Incident date: 2015-08-07
NAICS industry code: 332710

An employee working on a pedal operated resistance welder with no point-of-operation guarding received an amputation to the right hand index finger. The employee had a finger crushed between the electrodes.

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