Incident date: 2023-01-20
NAICS industry code: 335312

At 2:15 p.m. on January 20, 2023, an employee was working on a faulty press and pushed down on the top of the press to assist it. The press returned to the start position while the employee's hand was still on top; a rod attached to the head of the press caught the employee's left middle finger and amputated it.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
code_source: title: Presses, except printing, unspecified
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
severity: high