Incident date: 2015-09-10
NAICS industry code: 336370

An employee was helping to set dies when his left hand got struck by the die as it was being lowered into the parallel. His left-hand middle finger was injured and had to be amputated to the second knuckle.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Dies, molds, patterns
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high