Incident date: 2022-08-19
NAICS industry code: 713110

An employee was trying to remove two stacked 25-pound plates from the top of a press machine. The plates fell, and his left hand was caught between them. He suffered an amputation to the middle finger.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by object or equipment dropped by injured worker
code_source: title: Machine and appliance parts, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
severity: high