Incident date: 2020-04-02
NAICS industry code: 326160

An employee was removing jammed plastic between an extrusion head and the top of molds when the mold clamp closed, crushing the employee's left-hand pinky, ring, and middle fingers. The employee was hospitalized and required surgery.

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: Crushing injuries
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
severity: moderate