Incident date: 2016-03-11
NAICS industry code: 336212

An employee was working with a brake press, pushing a 1-foot by 5-foot piece of metal up under the hold-down dogs, when the machine cycled. The employee's left index finger was crushed and amputated by the hold-down dogs.

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