Incident date: 2020-09-10
NAICS industry code: 332991

An employee was adjusting a hydraulic press machine to push out a seal. The employee was moving the piece to be pressed when a second employee initiated the press to start the process to remove the seal. The ram came down and amputated the tip of the left little finger.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
code_source: title: Presses, except printing, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high