Incident date: 2018-09-09
NAICS industry code: 336370

An employee was attempting to straighten out the material on a stamping press when a sensor was tripped, causing the automatic clamping/straightening action of the press to activate. The movement caused an amputation of a finger on the employee's left hand.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery, unspecified
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