Incident date: 2020-12-04
NAICS industry code: 331523

An employee was attempting to bleed off a hydraulic cylinder on a diecast mold. Their hand was placed on the side where the hydraulic cylinder was hooked to when it lowered and amputated three fingers.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
code_source: title: Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, unspecified
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high