Incident date: 2023-11-07
NAICS industry code: 334514

An employee was performing maintenance on the injection molding cannister vacuum receiver when the pneumatic cylinder actuated. The employee's finger was caught between the cylinder and the wall of the receiver, resulting in a left index fingertip amputation.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
code_source: title: Extruding, injecting, forming, molding machinery, unspecified
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high