Incident date: 2016-12-15
NAICS industry code: 311119

An employee was operating a punch press when the employee's right hand got through the safety light curtain and activated the press. The press then amputated the employee's right index fingernail and half of the distal phalanx bone.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
code_source: title: Punch presses
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high