Incident date: 2018-10-23
NAICS industry code: 332117

An employee had just completed a tooling change on a forge press and the machine was restarted. The employee then attempted to remove some dust or miscellaneous materials from the machine and his hand contacted moving parts. He suffered an amputation of the middle finger on his right hand to the first knuckle.

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