Incident date: 2017-07-10
NAICS industry code: 331511

An employee was checking to see if the proximity switch in a mold handling machine was blocked when the machine moved and caught the employee's middle fingertip between a bracket and a mold cart. The employee's fingertip was amputated.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
code_source: title: Casting machinery
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high