Incident date: 2021-04-29
NAICS industry code: 326199

An employee was spraying mold release spray on an injection mold machine when the machine's tie bar closed and pinched the employee's hand on the spray can. The employee suffered crush injuries to their right middle and ring fingers, as well as an amputation of their right ring fingertip. The machine was guarded at the time of the incident.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
code_source: title: Plastic injection molding machinery
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high