Incident date: 2020-08-29
NAICS industry code: 336211

An employee was changing out dies on a hydraulic press brake. As the employee was trying to move the plastic die in the point of operation, the brake closed on the employee's left-hand fingers. The two middle fingers were later amputated to the knuckle.

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