Incident date: 2022-02-21
NAICS industry code: 332323

An employee was operating a brake press to bend parts. As the employee placed the part into the machine and pressed the foot pedal, their left middle finger and ring fingertip were amputated. The employee was hospitalized where the middle finger was reattached. The machine was unguarded at the time.

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), n.e.c.
severity: high