Incident date: 2020-02-20
NAICS industry code: 561990

An employee was removing runners from a notching machine when their right hand was struck by the rotating notcher head. The employee's right index and ring fingers were amputated at the first knuckle. The middle and pinky fingers were also injured.

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