Incident date: 2018-07-12
NAICS industry code: 335912

An employee was attempting to repair a slide on a grid casting machine when the die closed and caught his gloved hand. His left thumb was pinched in the mold, resulting in a soft tissue amputation to the left thumb tip (no bone loss).

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
code_source: title: Casting machinery
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high