Incident date: 2023-02-14
NAICS industry code: 327213

An employee was working on a forming machine, adjusting part of the machine that holds the mold. He then went to check the temperature with a handheld electronic probe. While checking the temperature, the hanger that was holding the mold opened and pinched the employee's finger between the mold hanger and the end tight deflection bracketing. The fingertip was partially amputated.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery, unspecified
code_source: title: Extruding, injecting, forming, molding machinery, unspecified
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high