Incident date: 2024-08-01
NAICS industry code: 333519

On August 1, 2024, an employee was working on a press and dumping scrap material from the center piece to a scrap barrel when their finger became caught in the hole of the center piece and was crushed between the center and the edge of the roller on the conveyor. The employee sustained an amputation of three-quarters of their finger.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Contact incidents  unspecified
code_source: title: Stamping machinery, presses  except printing
code_nature: title: Amputations involving bone loss
code_body: title: Other finger(s)  n.e.c.
severity: high