Incident date: 2017-10-20
NAICS industry code: 326199

An employee was attempting to remove a jam on an injection molding machine when another employee inadvertently restarted the machine. A mechanical roller then pinched and amputated the employee's index fingertip (no bone loss).

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
code_source: title: Plastic injection molding machinery
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high