Incident date: 2024-06-03
NAICS industry code: 332321

An employee was using a shear press to cut an angle iron when their left thumb was crushed between the shear guard and the metal. The employee sustained an amputation of their thumb nail and pad.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught, entangled in running powered equipment  normal operation
code_source: title: Shearing machinery
code_nature: title: Avulsions, enucleations without bone loss
code_body: title: Other finger(s)  n.e.c.
severity: high