Incident date: 2019-10-24
NAICS industry code: 335211

An employee was loading a press machine prior to pressing a two-handed device. The two-handed device malfunctioned and the press cycled while the employee's finger was in the point of operation. The employee sustained the amputation of the first digit of the left ring finger.

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: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high