Incident date: 2024-03-13
NAICS industry code: 332323

An employee was changing the die on a 100-ton stamping press. As he was pushing the new die into place, his left middle fingertip was caught between the die and the die housing. He suffered a partial amputation to the fingertip.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught or wedged between objects  nonrunning
code_source: title: Stamping machinery, presses  except printing
code_nature: title: Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
code_body: title: Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
severity: high