Incident date: 2022-12-01
NAICS industry code: 336211

On December 1, 2022 two employees were making bends on stainless steel sheet metal. The injured employee's little finger became pinched between the 150-pound sheet metal and the brake press frame as they were adjusting the sheet. The employee sustained a partial fingertip amputation.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Sheet metal
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high