Incident date: 2025-05-23
NAICS industry code: 332117

An employee was removing a mold (weighing over 50 pounds) from a press machine to take the mold to another location. When he put the mold down, it dropped onto his finger and amputated his fingertip at the knuckle.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Injured by object handled by person  n.e.c.
code_source: title: Dies, molds, patterns
code_nature: title: Amputations involving bone loss
code_body: title: Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
severity: high