Incident date: 2017-10-23
NAICS industry code: 423330

An employee was removing a piece of metal coping from a hydraulic brake press when three of his right-hand fingers were caught in the press, amputating the three distal phalanges.

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