Incident date: 2018-07-03
NAICS industry code: 332710

An employee hand-fed parts into the mechanical power press. His arm was resting on the bolster plate when his right hand and fingers went underneath the light curtain at the front of the press. While either loading or unloading a part from the die, the press activated and the die then closed on his right index fingertip, resulting in a fingertip amputation down to the distal interphalangeal joint.

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