Incident date: 2015-06-05
NAICS industry code: 326160

An employee was working on a molding machine that was alarming. The machine was not locked out at the time. The employee's hands were in the machine when the molds closed on his finger. Half of the first joint of his right ring finger (including the nail) was amputated at the hospital.

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