Incident date: 2025-05-31
NAICS industry code: 311511

An employee was making an adjustment to the resin flow on a blow mold machine when his wrench slipped. As he reached for the wrench, the jug molds closed on his right index finger. The employee's finger was 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