Incident date: 2020-11-19
NAICS industry code: 331316

An employee was removing a transfer bolt from a 14-inch casting table using his left hand. As he unscrewed the bolt, the platen under the table was lowered. It pulled the screw down through the table top port, smashing the employee's left index and middle fingers between the bolt washer and the table. The index fingertip was amputated and the middle finger was crushed.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
code_source: title: Casting machinery
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high