Incident date: 2015-08-12
NAICS industry code: 339112

An employee was operating a press brake and caught his right hand in the die. His index fingertip (from nail base) was amputated, his two middle fingers were amputated from the main knuckle and re-attached, and his small finger was crushed and may be amputated.

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: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high