Incident date: 2018-02-15
NAICS industry code: 336112

An employee was bending a piece of metal in a press brake and pinched fingers between a piece of metal and the outside wall of the press brake. It was used manually and in a semi-automatic phase. The employee sustained a crushed right index fingertip and amputated the left 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