Incident date: 2023-03-06
NAICS industry code: 326121

An employee was checking to see if the feed throat was clogged on an injection molding press. When the employee slid the hopper back, their left middle fingertip was pinched by the hopper and amputated.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
code_source: title: Plastic injection molding machinery
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high