Incident date: 2016-04-26
NAICS industry code: 335991

On April 26, 2016, at approximately 9:30 PM, an employee was spinning a non-energized rotary press by hand to clean excess oil with a rag. The rag was caught in the spinning press, pulling the employee's hand toward the punches. His right middle fingertip was amputated by the downward punch.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Punch presses
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high