Incident date: 2017-03-20
NAICS industry code: 332322

An employee was operating a press break to bend sheet metal and amputated the middle two fingertips on the right hand when they were pinched between the upper and lower dies.

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