Incident date: 2020-01-22
NAICS industry code: 331521

An employee was removing a part from the permanent mold machine.  When the machine opened, the employee's glove and fingertip became caught between the ejector plate and airline, resulting in a left middle fingertip amputation. Two other employees helped him release his finger.

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