Incident date: 2015-11-12
NAICS industry code: 331221

An employee was showing a supervisor something on a punch press die when his foot hit the foot pedal. The press cycled and caught the employees' left index finger, which was amputated.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
code_source: title: Punch presses
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high