Incident date: 2016-08-25
NAICS industry code: 326199

An employee was removing a tray that was stuck to the mold in the GN pressure former when the die on the GN pressure former came down on the employee's right thumb, amputating half of the thumb.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
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