Incident date: 2016-07-27
NAICS industry code: 332311

An employee was fabricating parts in a press brake. The employee bent a part and the part fell back. When the employee reached for the part, the press was activated via the foot pedal and pinched the employee's middle finger, amputating the 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