Incident date: 2019-05-31
NAICS industry code: 321999

On May 30, 2019, at approximately 7:40 p.m., an employee was performing set-up tasks on a material molder when the employee's right hand contacted an unguarded rotating cutter head.  The injury resulted in an amputation to the right index finger at the second joint, and a partial amputation to the right middle fingertip.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
code_source: title: Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, unspecified
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high