Incident date: 2021-04-30
NAICS industry code: 326199

An employee was removing a bad part out of the mold area of a compression molding machine when the mold closed on his left hand resulting in the complete amputation of one finger and the partial amputation of another.

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