Incident date: 2019-07-23
NAICS industry code: 333618

An employee was installing a crank seal on the mid-bore assembly line using an automated seal press. The press completed and was returning to the home position when it pinched the employee's left ring finger and amputated the finger pad.

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