Incident date: 2017-10-17
NAICS industry code: 332312

An employee was removing or changing three dies on a hydraulic press brake when the top die, weighing approximately 250 pounds, fell and crushed the employee's left index fingertip. The fingertip had to be surgically amputated to the bottom of the nail.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by falling object or equipment, unspecified
code_source: title: Dies, molds, patterns
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high