Incident date: 2017-10-05
NAICS industry code: 326199

An employee was in the process of performing a plate change on a printing press when a locking strut failed, causing a color head to drop. The color head struck the employee's right-hand third digit, causing a distal phalanx fracture and fingertip amputation.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
code_source: title: Machine and appliance parts, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high