Incident date: 2020-12-07
NAICS industry code: 332321

On 12/7/2020, an employee was pushing a die out of a hydraulic press when their fingers were smashed between the die they were pushing and a stationary plate on the press frame, resulting in a partial amputation of two fingertips. The machine was locked out at the time of the incident.

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: Fingertip(s)
severity: high