Incident date: 2023-01-30
NAICS industry code: 333519

An employee was using a press, a spacer, and a lift. The press and the spacer were being used together but were not permanently affixed to each other. At the end of the order, the employee clamped the spacer and the press together with a C-clamp and tried to remove them from the operation by flipping the press over. His fingers were pinched in the gap between the press and the spacer next to the C-clamp.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Presses, except printing, unspecified
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
severity: high