Incident date: 2022-08-23
NAICS industry code: 236220

At about 8:30 a.m. on August 23, 2022, an Icon Mechanical Construction and Engineering employee was hemming a piece of sheet metal with a metal brake. After making the initial bend, he slid the bent end of the metal into the brake. The brake then closed on his right thumb, amputating the tip.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Bending, crimping machines
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high