Incident date: 2015-03-04
NAICS industry code: 326199

On Monday, March 2, 2015, at approximately 7:00 pm, an employee was operating a blow molding machine. The employee reached past the guard, and the machine cycled and smashed four fingers on the employee's right hand. The employee sustained an amputation of the fourth digit, partial amputation of the fifth digit, and a full thickness burn to the right middle finger. The employee was admitted to the hospital.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
code_source: title: Plastic injection molding machinery
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: moderate