Incident date: 2025-07-09
NAICS industry code: 331521

Two employees were operating an aluminum die casting machine when a piston that pushed molten aluminum into the mold stopped dispensing aluminum correctly. After they had spent several hours fixing the issue, the machine cycled and the die closed on one employee's right hand. The employee suffered amputations to the index fingertip and the thumb at the knuckle.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by running powered equipment  during maintenance, cleaning, testing
code_source: title: Casting machinery
code_nature: title: Amputations involving bone loss
code_body: title: Thumb(s) and finger(s)
severity: high