Incident date: 2022-05-20
NAICS industry code: 423990

An employee was working on a brake press. She may have lost balance while on the chair and attempted to stop herself with her left hand, inadvertently stepping on the pedal that started the cycle. Her left arm was crushed between her wrist and elbow resulting in amputation at the elbow.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery, unspecified
code_source: title: Brake presses
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Forearm(s)
severity: high