Incident date: 2017-12-13
NAICS industry code: 335312

An employee was instructing a trainee on how to set up a single-cycle stroke on a press machine. His left hand was adjusting a miss-feed of the lamination when the trainee initiated the cycle. The top section of the die then cycled down, crushing the first three digits (middle fingers) of his left hand.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Punch presses
code_nature: title: Crushing injuries
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
severity: moderate