Incident date: 2022-08-10
NAICS industry code: 332119

An employee was loading a die into a 5,000-pound hammer. The hammer was brought down while the employee's hand was resting on the fixed bottom die. It crushed the hand and caused amputation of the little finger.

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