Incident date: 2018-04-10
NAICS industry code: 713990

An employee was operating a horizontal die press to cut out foam rings. The employee used the manual switch to cycle the press and the employee's right hand was caught between the ram and the cutting blade die. The employee suffered a right hand laceration and two fingertip amputations.

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