Incident date: 2024-02-29
NAICS industry code: 332322

An employee was loading a piece of metal onto a brake press when their left thumb was caught in the machine, resulting in an open distal phalanx fracture, degloving, and partial amputation.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught, entangled in running powered equipment  normal operation
code_source: title: Stamping machinery, presses  except printing
code_nature: title: Amputations involving bone loss
code_body: title: Thumb(s)
severity: high