Incident date: 2015-01-22
NAICS industry code: 333319

Employee helping machine operator attempted to adjust a hydraulic press. The press cycled and pinched the employee's finger between the die and the machine, later resulting in the amputation of the right index finger up to the first knuckle at the hospital.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
code_source: title: Presses, except printing, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high