Incident date: 2020-03-09
NAICS industry code: 424130

On March 9, 2020, an employee was trying to remove a tool die from a thermoforming machine when his left index fingertip was caught between the machine's handle and its shaft. The fingertip was amputated.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
code_source: title: Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high