Incident date: 2023-02-21
NAICS industry code: 331210

An employee was reaching for a pipe that was extruded from a die block. The pipe recoiled back toward the die block, causing the employee's finger to become pinched and amputated.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
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