Incident date: 2018-06-15
NAICS industry code: 331316

An employee was changing the die on an extrusion press machine when the machine actuated amputated the employee's right index finger to the first knuckle. The die was energized at the time of the incident.

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