Incident date: 2018-11-29
NAICS industry code: 313230

An employee was working on a needle press when it became jammed. While he was attempting to unjam the press, his left hand was caught in the press, resulting in the amputation of his left hand and part of his arm. The press had not finished its cycle at the time of the incident.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
code_source: title: Machinery, unspecified
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Hand(s) and arm(s), unspecified
severity: high