Incident date: 2019-11-16
NAICS industry code: 331318

An employee was operating a press machine. Aluminum plugged the die; the press continued, pushing the aluminum. The pressure caused the metal to shoot out of the press, smashing the employee's left hand between the aluminum and a run-out table. The employee suffered an amputation to the index finger.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by discharged object or substance
code_source: title: Metal materials-nonstructural, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
severity: high