Incident date: 2024-03-13
NAICS industry code: 238220

On March 13, 2024, an employee was using a manual hand brake to bend a piece of metal for ductwork. When he closed the jaw of the hand brake on the side he was using, the jaw on the other side closed on his finger. He sustained a fingertip amputation.

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