Incident date: 2025-01-31
NAICS industry code: 336350

An employee was operating a cone/spear punch press and went to remove a metal piece when the machine cycled. His thumb got caught between the cut rear section of the converter and the internal parts remaining inside and was crushed. The employee was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught, entangled in running powered equipment  normal operation
code_source: title: Stamping machinery, presses  except printing
code_nature: title: Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures
code_body: title: Other finger(s)  n.e.c.
severity: moderate