Incident date: 2017-09-30
NAICS industry code: 332999

An employee was changing the die on a four-post press that was being supported by a block when his elbow knocked out the block. The top of the die dropped and crushed his left thumb, resulting in a partial thumb amputation.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Presses, except printing, unspecified
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
severity: high