Incident date: 2024-09-13
NAICS industry code: 327390

An employee was making an adjustment under an elevated 5000-pound mold on a press when the mold was lowered onto their right hand, crushing their thumb. The thumb was medically amputated at the hospital.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by running powered equipment  during maintenance, cleaning, testing
code_source: title: Stamping machinery, presses  except printing
code_nature: title: Amputations involving bone loss
code_body: title: Thumb(s)
severity: high