Incident date: 2020-02-12
NAICS industry code: 336390

The injured employee was training another employee on a molding machine and observed that the mold needed adjustment. While the injured employee was reaching into the machine, the trainee unknowingly pushed the start button, cycling the machine. The injured employee sustained crushing injuries to the right thumb resulting in amputation.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Extruding, injecting, forming, molding machinery, unspecified
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
severity: high