Incident date: 2015-03-20
NAICS industry code: 333911

An employee was operating a pneumatic seal press with a two-hand control. After activation, the employee reached in, and the ram came back down and caught one finger underneath the ram. The employee's right-hand middle finger was amputated.

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), n.e.c.
severity: high