Incident date: 2020-05-04
NAICS industry code: 332119

An employee was manufacturing 4-foot-long pieces of strip metal into cable hangers. The employee's right middle fingertip was caught in the stamping press. The fingertip was amputated just below the fingernail.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
code_source: title: Presses, except printing, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high