Incident date: 2016-03-05
NAICS industry code: 336999

An employee was bending flat steel into machine parts on a brake press. On the third bend, the steel curled around, catching and crushing the employee's right thumb between the steel and the brake press.

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