Incident date: 2023-06-13
NAICS industry code: 325180

An employee was troubleshooting a chlorine tablet press. The employee was cleaning some excess granular material off the press when the punch and die amputated his right middle fingertip above the cuticle.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
code_source: title: Presses, except printing, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high