Incident date: 2024-08-21
NAICS industry code: 333291

An employee was removing product from a mold and sustained a thumb tip amputation when their thumb was caught between the core and shaft of the product mold.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught or wedged between objects  nonrunning
code_source: title: Dies, molds, patterns
code_nature: title: Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
code_body: title: Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
severity: high