Incident date: 2021-05-07
NAICS industry code: 332119

An employee was forming a part on a brake press machine and as the part formed, his thumbs were pinched between the part and the dye. The employee suffered two partial thumb amputations.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
code_source: title: Brake presses
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
severity: high