Incident date: 2016-12-05
NAICS industry code: 311611

An employee was assembling a tool when he noticed water coming out of the tool's drain hole. He tipped the tool upwards to drain the water. When he was setting the tool down, it pinched and amputated his right middle fingertip between the seal support frame and the tray lifter.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Sealing, stapling machinery
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high