Incident date: 2018-12-20
NAICS industry code: 423510

An employee was attaching/engaging a plate bug or clamp to a finished metal part weighing about 100 lbs. still within a press brake. The downward motion of engaging the plate bug onto the part caused the part to fall off of the press brake. The employee suffered an amputation injury to the right middle finger.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
code_source: title: Parts and materials, unspecified
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
severity: high