Incident date: 2023-09-09
NAICS industry code: 332111

On 9/09/2023, an employee was adjusting the packing cuts on the press for the center ram. The center brass guide fell out of the ram and crushed the packing, which crushed the employee's fingers. The employee's left middle fingertip was amputated.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
code_source: title: Presses, except printing, unspecified
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high