Incident date: 2021-05-21
NAICS industry code: 331524

An employee was loading a casting into a core knockout machine. When the machine was activated, the casting slipped out of the clamps. The employee was trying to catch it when the clamps caught the tip of his left index finger. He suffered an amputation (without bone loss) to the fingertip.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
code_source: title: Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, unspecified
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high