Incident date: 2020-05-16
NAICS industry code: 332312

An employee was lowering the upper die on a brake press to bend a steel cart leg (6-8" long) when the upper die came down on the employee's left index finger, resulting in a fingertip amputation.

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