Incident date: 2025-03-18
NAICS industry code: 332999

On March 18, 2025, an employee was bending flat stock metal in a press brake when his left thumb got pinched between the die and the metal part, resulting in amputation of the left index fingertip. The machine was guarded at the time.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught, entangled in running powered equipment  normal operation
code_source: title: Stamping machinery, presses  except printing
code_nature: title: Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
code_body: title: Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
severity: high