Incident date: 2015-07-19
NAICS industry code: 326199

An employee in the thermal forming department was troubleshooting a trim press when the employee sustained a left hand amputation. The equipment was not locked out and the guards were bypassed at the time of the incident.

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