Incident date: 2016-08-12
NAICS industry code: 331523

As an employee was verifying that the air pressure on a die-cast machine was at the correct level, the valve actuated and amputated the employee's third right-hand distal phalange.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Casting machinery
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high