Incident date: 2017-06-09
NAICS industry code: 337215

An employee was using the punch press side of an iron worker machine to punch holes out of a piece of steel when his right pinky finger went under the hold-down dog area of the punch press. The press actuated and amputated his pinky fingertip.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
code_source: title: Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high