Incident date: 2017-08-11
NAICS industry code: 333514

An employee was using a press brake to make a part out of a piece of sheet metal that was approximately 2'' in length. He was setting the sheet metal when the press brake crushed his ring finger. Part of his finger had to be surgically amputated.

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), unspecified
severity: high