Incident date: 2025-08-14
NAICS industry code: 332322

An employee was using a CNC brake press (with a magnetic back gauge and light curtains) to form a 90-degree bend on a sheet metal part. His right middle finger was caught between the press's upper and lower dies, causing the amputation of the fingertip at the fingernail area.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught, entangled in running powered equipment  normal operation
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