Incident date: 2022-12-29
NAICS industry code: 333415

An employee loaded a steel part onto a brake press to be formed. During the second bend of the material, a pinch point was created between the material and the tooling of the machine. The pinch point contacted the employee's index and middle fingertips, resulting in amputations below the nail and above the knuckle.

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: Fingertip(s)
severity: high