Incident date: 2024-05-02
NAICS industry code: 331524

An employee was operating a sand core mold-making machine when his left index fingertip was pinched by a metal plate in the machine, resulting in a soft-tissue amputation that exposed bone.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught, entangled in running powered equipment  normal operation
code_source: title: Casting machinery
code_nature: title: Avulsions, enucleations without bone loss
code_body: title: Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
severity: high