Incident date: 2016-04-22
NAICS industry code: 331110

An employee was setting up a powdered metal press for production. While he was attempting to check if the inner punch was firing, his left-hand middle finger was struck by the tooling, amputating the fingertip.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Punch presses
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high