Incident date: 2023-10-09
NAICS industry code: 331529

An employee was using a knockout machine to finish aluminum castings. The machine was mounted in an A-frame. When the machine actuated, the employee's right middle fingertip was pinched and amputated between the hammer and the casting.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
code_source: title: Extruding, injecting, forming, molding machinery, unspecified
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high