Incident date: 2020-10-09
NAICS industry code: 311830

An employee was operating a press machine. He was removing a piece of product stuck to the underside of the press when the fingers on his right hand were pinched between two press plates. The middle and ring fingertips were amputated.

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