Incident date: 2022-12-13
NAICS industry code: 332322

An employee was breaking metal with a hydraulic brake press when a storm caused the power to go out temporarily. When the power came back on, the employee started to break metal again and the auto gauge on the machine had reset. The employee sustained a right middle fingertip amputation.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Brake presses
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high