Incident date: 2017-10-17
NAICS industry code: 332322

An employee was feeding metal into a press brake to break it. He was holding the metal with one hand when the press brake die descended and struck his fingers. He suffered two broken fingers, one cracked finger, tendon tears, and lacerations.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
code_source: title: Brake presses
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
severity: moderate