Incident date: 2025-04-10
NAICS industry code: 326211

A mechanic was troubleshooting a curing press when a pneumatic check valve cracked and the machine's post-cure inflation chucks caught the employee's left hand. Four fingers on the hand were amputated.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by running powered equipment  during maintenance, cleaning, testing
code_source: title: Extruding, injecting, forming, molding machinery  n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Amputations involving bone loss
code_body: title: Other finger(s)  n.e.c.
severity: high