Incident date: 2018-06-19
NAICS industry code: 331511

A temporary employee was cleaning a mold while preparing it to be placed in a mold press. The employee stepped down some steps and lost balance. While attempting to catch themselves, the employee's hand went into the machine's conveyor system and was caught between the roller and the mold plate, partially amputating the left ring finger.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Extruding, injecting, forming, molding machinery, unspecified
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
severity: high