Incident date: 2015-08-27
NAICS industry code: 561320

An employee was operating a brake press to bend a piece of metal. His finger was pinched on the deck of the press resulting in the amputation of the left ring finger just above the finger nail. It was reattached by a surgeon.

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: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high