Incident date: 2015-09-16
NAICS industry code: 333120

An employee was setting a die in the brake press. The employee was attempting to line up the upper holes when he depressed the foot pedal and the brake press lowered onto the employee's left hand thumb causing a fingertip amputation.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
code_source: title: Brake presses
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high