Incident date: 2017-11-22
NAICS industry code: 336340

An employee was clearing scrap from the exit end of a preformer machine when his middle finger was caught in the machine punch, cutting and amputating his fingertip. The machine was guarded at the time.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
code_source: title: Extruding, injecting, forming, molding machinery, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high