Incident date: 2024-02-21
NAICS industry code: 332710

An employee was operating a brake press and crushed their left middle finger between the back gauge and the die resulting in amputation of the fingertip.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught, entangled in running powered equipment  normal operation
code_source: title: Stamping machinery, presses  except printing
code_nature: title: Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
code_body: title: Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
severity: high