Incident date: 2022-07-22
NAICS industry code: 332999

On 7/22/2022, an employee was being trained to use a hydraulic brake press. The employee noted a film was on the material and reached to remove the film on the downstroke cycle of the press. The employee sustained crushing injuries, including fractures, to four fingers on the left hand requiring hospitalization and surgery.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
code_source: title: Brake presses
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
severity: moderate