Incident date: 2019-03-21
NAICS industry code: 331521

An employee was performing a pressure plate test when a fixture came down on his right hand and amputated the thumb. The machine was not guarded at the time.

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