Incident date: 2023-10-07
NAICS industry code: 423320

An employee was using a crane to lower the top part of a block mold onto the base. On the way down, the mold got struck. The employee was unjamming the top of the mold when his fingers were crushed between the top of the mold and the base. The employee's left middle fingertip was amputated.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Dies, molds, patterns
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high