Incident date: 2024-06-05
NAICS industry code: 331521

An employee was training a new employee to operate the trim press. As she removed a part from the press dies, the die activated and her right hand was caught between the die and the die plates, resulting in crush injuries to four fingers and amputations.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught, entangled in running powered equipment  normal operation
code_source: title: Stamping machinery, presses  except printing
code_nature: title: Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
code_body: title: Other finger(s)  n.e.c.
severity: high