Incident date: 2022-04-14
NAICS industry code: 326199

On April 14, 2022, a three-person team was working to remove the top and bottom molds from a casting. As one employee was trying to open the clamp holding the molds together, a second employee began to remove the top mold using a crane. The first employee's left ring finger was caught between the top mold and one of the clamps, causing a partial amputation to the fingertip.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Cranes, unspecified
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high