Incident date: 2015-01-28
NAICS industry code: 332312

Employee was operating a wire press machine.  Employee stepped away and lost his balance. He braced himself on the machine and his right hand came in contact with the wheel.  The employee sustained an amputation of the fingertip flesh and fingernail on his right-hand middle finger. No bone was amputated.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
code_source: title: Presses, except printing, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high