Incident date: 2016-05-03
NAICS industry code: 332710

An employee was operating a crane to load material onto the hydraulic press brake. The plate clamp on the crane hook became disconnected. The employee's thumb on his right hand became caught between the metal plate on the crane and the press brake. The employee suffered an amputation of the thumb on his right hand as a result of the incident.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Metal plates, metal panels
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high