Incident date: 2016-08-23
NAICS industry code: 333515

An employee was operating a press brake machine, stamping and bending parts, when his right thumb was caught and amputated in the machine.

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