Incident date: 2017-12-04
NAICS industry code: 332722

An employee was operating a hydraulic press when a part shifted inside the press's point of operation. The employee was attempting to reposition the part inside the point of operation when the press activated and amputated the employee's finger. The point of operation was unguarded and the press was running at the time of the incident.

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