Incident date: 2022-09-20
NAICS industry code: 326199

On September 20, 2022, an employee was installing wear pads under the newly installed mold carrier in a plastic injection press carrier. The employee used a crane with a nylon sling to slightly tilt the carrier so the wear pads could be placed. The sling failed, snapped, and struck the employee's left index finger, causing an amputation to the finger.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
code_source: title: Slings
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
severity: high