Incident date: 2025-06-20
NAICS industry code: 326199

The injured employee was feeding material on a designated press machine when a piece of material got stuck. A technician came to remove the material and ensure the machine was functioning properly. The technician's work involved unhooking the airline off and on. The injured employee's right index finger was caught by the insert device on the press machine and the fingertip was amputated. The machine was not locked out/tagged out at the time.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by running powered equipment  during maintenance, cleaning, testing
code_source: title: Stamping machinery, presses  except printing
code_nature: title: Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
code_body: title: Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
severity: high