Incident date: 2023-12-01
NAICS industry code: 336390

On December 1, 2023, an employee was helping set up a progressive mechanical power press. The employee was trying to seat one of the two shaker chutes on top of a moving arm when their right index finger was pinched between the chute and the arm. The employee suffered an amputation to the fingertip.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Presses, except printing, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high