Incident date: 2020-08-13
NAICS industry code: 441228

An employee was placing a work piece on a female die section. The press was activated and the male die section came down on the employee's right middle and ring fingertips, crushing them. Each fingertip was amputated at the first joint.

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