Incident date: 2016-10-05
NAICS industry code: 332111

An employee was changing a knockout on a press die when a chain came loose. The employee's left ring finger was then pinched between the die stem and the die knockout, amputating the fingertip.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Presses, except printing, unspecified
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high