Incident date: 2019-05-10
NAICS industry code: 331318

An employee was operating an aluminum extrusion press. He was attempting to cross over a table roll section with two automatic puller machines overhead and was struck by the returning puller and caught between the puller rollers. Four fingers on the employee's left hand were crushed and severely lacerated. The thumb was partially amputated.

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