Incident date: 2018-12-21
NAICS industry code: 811118

An employee was stamping a brass header plate on a press. When the press was activated, the die crushed his left hand, causing amputations to the index finger (from the middle knuckle) and the ring fingertip.

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