Incident date: 2016-02-18
NAICS industry code: 336370

After stopping a press line, an employee walked between the press brake light curtain. The press then cycled and the dye post came down, hitting the employee's right arm. His right forearm and hand were amputated, and he was hospitalized.

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: Forearm(s)
severity: high