Incident date: 2020-01-03
NAICS industry code: 326199

On Friday, January 3, 2020, at approximately 10:50 AM, an employee was troubleshooting an injection molding machine. With the machine locked out, the employee reached into the molding area of the machine and manually pressed against the mold-closing mechanism. The mechanism closed and caught his right pinky finger, resulting in a first digit amputation.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Plastic injection molding machinery
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high