Incident date: 2015-08-20
NAICS industry code: 326199

An employee was running parts through a punch press. The part jammed, so he attempted to retrieve the part from the machine. His foot hit the foot pedal and activated the punch, which amputated his left thumb down to the first bone and required surgery. The guard was not in place at the time of the incident.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
code_source: title: Punch presses
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high