Incident date: 2017-04-07
NAICS industry code: 336510

An employee was troubleshooting a pouring station when the cylinder activated and his right fingertip was caught between the plunger and the stop plate. The flesh on his right index fingertip was amputated (no bone loss). The pouring station was not locked/tagged out at the time of the incident.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
code_source: title: Extruding, injecting, forming, molding machinery, unspecified
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high