Incident date: 2022-06-03
NAICS industry code: 423990

An employee was loading parts into a pneumatic press machine when a part became jammed. The employee was attempting to re-center the part when stored energy was released and the employee's fingers were caught in the machine, resulting in a partial amputation of the left index finger.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
code_source: title: Presses, except printing, unspecified
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
severity: high