Incident date: 2018-03-07
NAICS industry code: 561320

On March 7, 2018, at approximately 4:15 a.m., an employee was operating the press brake and completed the first bend. As he was performing the second bend his left thumb was pinched in the part between the two bends amputating the tip of the thumb.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
code_source: title: Brake presses
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high