Incident date: 2024-03-08
NAICS industry code: 331511

An employee was operating a hydraulic press brake to cut steel shims when their right index finger was caught between the shim and the frame of the equipment resulting in amputation of the finger just above the cuticle.

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: Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
severity: high