Incident date: 2017-12-11
NAICS industry code: 922140

On 12/11/2017, at approximately 12:30 p.m., an employee was operating a rubber molding machine when he attempted to remove a left-over piece of rubber from the heated top plate. The employee's gloves made contact with the heated plate and melted to the surface. Before he was able to free himself, the molding machine began operating and pinned his right-hand fingers between the top and bottom plates for several seconds, amputating all four fingers and his thumb.

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