Incident date: 2025-04-17
NAICS industry code: 331318

An employee was operating a 2 1/2 inch extruder press when aluminum became jammed in the press. Pressure built up and the piece of aluminum shot into the employee's left index finger, resulting in hospitalization and surgery.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by discharged object or substance
code_source: title: Metal materials unspecified
code_nature: title: Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures
code_body: title: Other finger(s)  n.e.c.
severity: high