Incident date: 2019-06-19
NAICS industry code: 326199

An employee unscrewed a platen collar during set-up. The vibration of the thermoformer caused the platen to shift and fall on the employee's finger, amputating the tip (without bone loss).

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Extruding, injecting, forming, molding machinery, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high