Incident date: 2025-05-29
NAICS industry code: 423310

An employee was making gang saw guides using an air-operated mold press. The employee was clearing molded material that was stuck inside the press when the start button actuated. The employee's right thumb was amputated below the fingernail.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by running powered equipment  during maintenance, cleaning, testing
code_source: title: Stamping machinery, presses  except printing
code_nature: title: Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
code_body: title: Thumb(s)
severity: high