Incident date: 2019-12-02
NAICS industry code: 339112

An employee was setting up a punch press and changing a die when the press was activated via the foot pedal. The ram then came down and amputated his thumb.

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