Incident date: 2019-03-20
NAICS industry code: 332322

An employee was changing the tooling on a press brake when the machine was activated via the foot pedal. This caused the machine die to crush and break his left middle and index fingers. He was hospitalized and had surgery.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery, unspecified
code_source: title: Brake presses
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
severity: moderate