Incident date: 2018-06-26
NAICS industry code: 327993

An employee was loading and unloading fiberglass blanks on a heated hydraulic press. One of the press's cylinders broke and the platen dropped onto the employee's right hand, resulting in the amputation of four fingers.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
code_source: title: Presses, except printing, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high