Incident date: 2024-10-01
NAICS industry code: 336212

An employee was using a brake press when their right middle and ring fingers became caught between the material and the upper die on the press. The employee sustained medical amputations of both fingers at the upper knuckle.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught, entangled in running powered equipment  normal operation
code_source: title: Stamping machinery, presses  except printing
code_nature: title: Amputations involving bone loss
code_body: title: Other finger(s)  n.e.c.
severity: high