Incident date: 2020-12-11
NAICS industry code: 333132

An employee was operating a punch press, loading a piece of sheet metal and placing a metal bracket near clamps (to protect the rubber seal of a door panel when a clamp comes down). The clamp came down and the bracket amputated the tip of his left thumb.

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: Fingertip(s)
severity: high