Incident date: 2021-10-22
NAICS industry code: 321911

On October 22, 2021, at approximately 2:45 PM, an employee was operating a custom pneumatic press that presses an approximate 1-inch by 2-inch metal plate into the stile of a combination door. When the press was activated, their left middle finger was pinched in the press resulting in a fingertip amputation.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
code_source: title: Presses, except printing, unspecified
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high