Incident date: 2019-12-20
NAICS industry code: 326199

An employee was trying to free a stuck mold from a blow mold machine. The mold closed on his right hand, crushing it. His index finger had to be amputated during surgery.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
code_source: title: Extruding, injecting, forming, molding machinery, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high