Incident date: 2017-03-27
NAICS industry code: 332116

An employee was running the punch press and removing a piece of stamped metal from the press using pliers. The pliers got caught in the machine causing the employee's finger to get caught between the press bed and the pliers. The employee's finger was fractured and the nailbed was removed.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
code_source: title: Punch presses
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
severity: moderate