Incident date: 2017-02-17
NAICS industry code: 334513

An employee was lowering a cover die with an overhead crane when his left index finger was pinched and amputated between the cover die and the machine sleeve.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Dies, molds, patterns
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high