Incident date: 2017-04-03
NAICS industry code: 238910

An employee was operating a press brake and suffered broken fingers. The employee was removing shims from under a four-way die on the press brake when the dies shifted and pinched the employee's fingers.

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