Incident date: 2017-12-04
NAICS industry code: 339991

An employee was using a small bending machine to bend a stainless 1/4 inch wide by 8 feet long metal rod into a circle. He was routing the material into the rollers when his fingers were caught in the rollers, resulting in a right middle finger amputation, first index (nail section).

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