Incident date: 2019-01-30
NAICS industry code: 335122

An employee was doing maintenance on the bottom part of a two-piece die. He then tried to install the top die but it was rotating. As he tried to stop it from rotating, his finger was caught between the arm of the die and the track, resulting in a left middle fingertip amputation.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Dies, molds, patterns
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high