Incident date: 2019-11-16
NAICS industry code: 326199

A temporary employee from QPS Employment Group was working with another employee to set up a hydraulic press. The press would not cycle. While the second employee was away and the first employee was cleaning up the area around the press, the press activated and amputated the employee's finger.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
code_source: title: Presses, except printing, unspecified
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high