Incident date: 2023-12-03
NAICS industry code: 333415

An employee was removing a part from a brake press when the machine's backstop came back and caught the employee's finger against the bottom die. The employee's fingertip was crushed and degloved, and the employee was hospitalized.

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