Incident date: 2019-09-16
NAICS industry code: 332321

An employee was working on a single point vinyl welder when he turned to talk to another employee. His hand was placed on the top plate of the press welder at the time. When the welder finished its cycle, it came up and trapped his right pointer finger between the top plate and top of the welder. He pulled his gloved finger out and suffered a fingertip amputation.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
code_source: title: Welding machinery
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high