Incident date: 2017-03-24
NAICS industry code: 332322

An employee was running a brake press, bending flat aluminum sheets to form louvers. While she was handling an aluminum sheet, her right hand slipped and went toward the point of operation, which had a press knife. When she pulled her right hand back, the press knife amputated her right middle fingertip.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
code_source: title: Brake presses
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high