Incident date: 2016-11-25
NAICS industry code: 311511

An employee was making an adjustment to a blow mold machine when a tool slipped from his hand and caused him to lose his balance. His left hand then came in contact with a mold part, amputating his index and middle fingers at the knuckle and his ring fingertip.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
code_source: title: Extruding, injecting, forming, molding machinery, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high