Incident date: 2020-03-06
NAICS industry code: 332611

An employee was conducting a measurement setup on a parabolic eye forming apparatus. During the setup process, the forming assembly cycled and the employee's left index finger was crushed between the forming assembly and the die block. The employee sustained a laceration and fracture to the left index finger that resulted in medical amputation of the fingertip.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Extruding, injecting, forming, molding machinery, unspecified
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high