Incident date: 2024-06-07
NAICS industry code: 336413

An employee was operating a wax die injection machine with the top of the die open. When the safety kickstand was released, the wax die mold's lid lowered onto their left index finger, resulting in a fingertip amputation.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Contact incidents  unspecified
code_source: title: Extruding, injecting, forming, molding machinery  unspecified
code_nature: title: Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
code_body: title: Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
severity: high