Incident date: 2016-05-11
NAICS industry code: 332322

An employee and a coworker removed the die from a punch press to clear a jam. After the die was put back in the machine, the employee attempted to clear out some debris. The die then dropped on his left thumb, amputating it.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
code_source: title: Dies, molds, patterns
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high