Incident date: 2021-08-03
NAICS industry code: 326199

An employee was doing preventive maintenance on a mold on a work table. One of the pin actuators on the mold was not functioning properly. The employee was using a handheld air hose with a rubber nozzle tip attachment to actuate the pin in and out. The pin would actuate in but not out; while the employee was trying to manually slide the pin, the air hose attachment activated. The pin caught the employee's left middle finger, partially amputating it.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Dies, molds, patterns
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
severity: high