Incident date: 2021-03-15
NAICS industry code: 333415

A press brake operator was bending small sheet metal parts when his left ring finger and middle finger were caught between the part being bent and the face of the upper bending die. The tips of each finger were crushed and the employee was hospitalized for surgical amputation of both fingertips.

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