Incident date: 2024-12-12
NAICS industry code: 333120

An employee was removing a small sheet metal part out of the die of the brake press. The foot pedal was pressed, causing the part to lift and crush their left thumb against the die. The employee suffered an amputation to the thumb tip including the loss of flesh and the fingernail.

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, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
code_body: title: Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
severity: high