Incident date: 2021-04-29
NAICS industry code: 332322

An employee was operating a hydraulic brake press to shape a piece of sheet metal. The employee was manually positioning the workpiece as he operated the machine and his left hand became caught between the die and the top punch of the brake press, resulting in amputation of the distal phalanx of the left index finger.

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: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high