Incident date: 2018-03-16
NAICS industry code: 339991

An employee was trying to move a 500-pound mold for a vertical hydraulic press when the mold slipped and fell. As he tried to catch it, the mold crushed his left hand, resulting in the amputation of his left index fingertip and possibly middle fingertip.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by object or equipment dropped by injured worker
code_source: title: Dies, molds, patterns
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high