Incident date: 2018-10-03
NAICS industry code: 332111

An employee was using a press brake to straighten out a piece of bent product. The employee suffered an amputation to the left thumb before the first knuckle, either from the press brake or the product being pressed.

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