Incident date: 2017-09-12
NAICS industry code: 336399

An employee was operating a 2,500-ton vertical press while the machine was in idle mode. The employee was manually spinning the die manipulator when his right middle fingertip was caught and amputated in a pinch point while spinning the die manipulator.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Presses, except printing, unspecified
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high