Incident date: 2019-01-31
NAICS industry code: 332313

An employee was using the foot control while hand-feeding bed hook components into the point of operation on a 60-ton hydraulic press brake to emboss part numbers on each of the components. The employee's right index finger was in between the upper and lower dies when they came together, resulting in the partial amputation of the index fingertip.

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