Incident date: 2016-06-02
NAICS industry code: 331521

An employee was changing the shock tip on the plunger of a die-cast machine when the machine retracted and amputated the employee's right thumb between the thumbnail and first knuckle.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery, unspecified
code_source: title: Casting machinery
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high