Incident date: 2019-06-11
NAICS industry code: 316210

On June 11, 2019, an employee was using a powered press to heat-press leather sheets together. The machine crushed the employee's left ring finger as it closed. The finger was surgically amputated.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
code_source: title: Textile, apparel, leather production machinery, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high