Twenty-four-year-old Vijay Kumar who hails from Mirzapur, Uttar Pradesh worked on a power press machine for an auto parts manufacturing company in Manesar, Haryana. He met with an accident in December 2017 while working on the machine in which he lost fingers of his left hand. Not only did he lose his finger but the family which was due to accept Kumar as their son-in-law rejected him subsequently.

On February 15, 2021, the power press machine that 35-year-old Pinky Devi was working on severed two fingers of her left hand. The machine makes automobile parts. Four months on, she is still awaiting financial assistance from her employer.

The two testimonies are among the 2,700+ stories of injuries to workers in the Gurgaon-Faridabad automotive belt that the team of Safe in India Foundation (SII) identified and provided due assistance in the past four years, including the COVID-19-induced lockdown period.