Incident date: 2022-04-23
NAICS industry code: 325991

On April 23, 2022, at 5:30 a.m., an employee and a co-worker were removing and replacing a brass ring around a slide plate screen changer after hot molten plastic began leaking around the screen changer unit. During the process, the slide plate cylinder closed on the employee's left hand, resulting in an amputation of their thumb and surgery for additional hand injuries.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, unspecified
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high