Incident date: 2018-10-29
NAICS industry code: 331511

An employee was changing out a die on a machine when the machine suddenly rotated, pinching the employee's finger between the die and the handle of the machine. The tip of his fourth phalange was amputated as a result.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, unspecified
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high